6/26/2019 1 Comment Once in a Career CasesDr. Theodore Woodward is famous for the aphorism he coined in the late 1940s at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
He told his medical interns, "When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras." When asked to describe his upcoming lecture at the 2019 VisionAmerica Summer Conference titled, "Once in a Career Cases," Dr. Matthew Katz took the old adage one step further and said, "These cases aren't zebras, they are my unicorns."
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6/24/2019 0 Comments "It is one of those areas where you are never finished learning because the rules are always changing."Few things in the world of medicine make doctors cringe (or yawn) like the topic of coding and billing.
At this point, changes to this particular aspect of medicine have become like a bad game of hide and seek. Each and every year, we submit items for reimbursement and pray we find payment for our services in the bank account. These changes place an additional burden on both staff members and doctors as the same procedures are assigned new codes which must be researched, learned, and implemented in our practices. What really happens when you refer your patient over to a retina consultant?
Sure, you know the process itself works, but what is the science behind what they do and what does the future of individualized therapy look like? These are the questions Dr. Matthew Katz has asked since entering the field of eyecare and he aims to shed some light on the answer in his upcoming lecture on proteomics at the 2019 VisionAmerica Summer Conference. 6/12/2019 1 Comment June Photo of the MonthThe photo above is an OCT image of a patient one-month after DSAEK (Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty) with Dr. Matthew Albright.
You can see great apposition of the endothelial graft and no stromal edema. It is no secret that hiring has never been more challenging.
In our recent piece on finding new talent, we noted that the current unemployment rate is 3.8%, which makes the odds of you finding unemployed individuals with experience in optometry slim to none. But the challenges don't stop there. Gallup's 2017 State of the Workplace notes that a "record 47% of the workforce says now is a good time to find a quality job, and more than half of employees (51%) are searching for new jobs or watching for openings." By Trenton Cleghern, OD, FAAO
The case study below serves as a good reminder of potential complications that may occur this hot and humid time of year. Chief Complaint A 31-year-old white male presented to our clinic as a follow-up from the eye emergency room with a red and painful left eye. He reported that his symptoms started a few days ago after someone splashed pool water in his eye. The patient was a contact lens wearer and reported excellent lens hygiene and replacement schedule. He was given ofloxacin antibiotic drops at the eye ER to instill every three hours. Registration is now open for the 2019 VisionAmerica Summer Conference!
Click Here to Register! We are less than two months away from the Conference which will take place on Friday and Saturday, July 26th-27 at the Montgomery Prattville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center and the time to sign up is now! This year's conference will offer 10 CE hours and will feature an 80's themed reception on Friday night! Due to increasing demand over the past few years, we have reserved blocks at the host site as well as the Courtyard Marriott which is a short drive away. |
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