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    • The AOA Resource Guide for Employed/Affiliated Optometrists
      • The AOA Resource Guide for Employed/Affiliated Optometrists: PDF Version
      • The AOA Resource Guide for Employed/Affiliated Optometrists: Part 1
      • The AOA Resource Guide for Employed/Affiliated Optometrists: Part 2
      • The AOA Resource Guide for Employed/Affiliated Optometrists: Part 3
      • The AOA Resource Guide for Employed/Affiliated Optometrists: Part 4
    • An Optometrist's Guide to Clinical Ethics
    • Recommended Curriculum For The Teaching of Professionalism and Ethics in Optometry
      • Recommended Curriculum For The Teaching of Professionalism and Ethics in Optometry: PDF Version
      • Recommended Curriculum For The Teaching of Professionalism and Ethics in Optometry: Part 1
      • Recommended Curriculum For The Teaching of Professionalism and Ethics in Optometry: Part 2
  • AOA Survey Data
    • Caring for the Eyes of America 2008, a Profile of the Optometric Profession
    • Economic Surveys
      • 2007 AOA Economic Survey - National Highlights
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      • 2003 AOA Economic Survey - National Highlights - PDF Version (57 KB)
      • 2001 AOA Economic Survey - National Highlights - PDF Version (109 KB)
    • Third Party/Managed Care Surveys
      • 2008 Third Party/Managed Care Survey National Highlights
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      • 2002 AOA Third Party/Managed Care Survey - National Highlights - PDF Version (104 KB)
      • 2002 AOA Third Party/Managed Care Survey - Regional Highlights - PDF Version (230 KB)
      • 2000 AOA Third Party/Managed Care Survey - National Highlights - PDF Version (139 KB)
    • Scope of Practice Surveys
      • 2008 AOA Scope of Practice Survey
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      • 2002 AOA Scope of Practice Survey - PDF Version (22 KB)
      • 2001 AOA Scope of Practice Survey - PDF Version (125 KB)
    • State of the Profession Surveys
      • 2008 State of the Profession
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      • 2004 AOA State of the Profession Survey Highlights
      • 2002 AOA State of the Profession Survey - PDF Version (292 KB)
    • Consumer Surveys
      • 2008 AOA Consumer Survey Highlights
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    • Optical Dispensing Surveys
      • 2007 AOA Optical Dispensing Survey Highlights
      • 2005 AOA Optical Dispensing Survey Highlights
      • 2003 AOA Optical Dispensing Survey Highlights - PDF Version (36 KB)
      • 2001 AOA Optical Dispensing Survey Highlights - PDF Version (167 KB)
    • New Technology Surveys
      • 2009 AOA New Technology Survey Highlights
      • 2007 AOA New Technology Survey Highlights
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      • 2003 AOA New Technology Survey Highlights - PDF Version (25 KB)
    • Practice Efficiencies Survey
      • 2007 Practice Efficiencies Survey Results
• Legal Tools
  • Professional Conduct
    • Terminating the Optometrist/Patient Relationship
    • Keeping Patient Divorces Out Of Your Optometry Practice
    • Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act: Complying Is A Serious Matter
    • When the Patient is Hearing-Impaired
    • Optometrists Beware of Marketing Traps That Are Illegal In Your State
    • Employees and Patient Confidentiality
    • Patient Referrals
    • The Stark Law: O.D. physician Self Referral
  • Antitrust Issues
    • The Antitrust Laws and Your Optometry Practice
  • Managed Care
    • Insurance Companies Seeking to Nullify Innocent Third-Party Creditor Rights
    • Will Your Insurance Cover HIPAA Problems?
  • Interprofessional Relationships
    • Ownership of Patient Records
• Managed Care & Insurance
  • New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates, July 1-December 30, 2008
  • Evaluating a Plan/Making a Business Decision
    • General Considerations to Contracting with a Managed Care Plan
    • Chair Cost Calculator
    • RVS Update Process
  • Optometrist Access
    • Gains in Optometrist Access
    • National Action: AOA Managed Care Marketing Initiative
      • A History of Success
      • AOA Managed Care Marketing Initiative Success Stories
    • State Association Managed Care Toolbox
    • Medicare Advantage Access Study
  • Credentialing
  • Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
    • 2008 PQRI Test Measures Specifications
    • NEW! AOA's 2008 PQRI Presentation [Windows Media File]
    • PQRI News and Alerts
      • AOA, CMS PQRI Forum offers OD-specific guidance
      • 2007 PQRI Final Feedback Reports Now Available
    • PQRI Measure 12: Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Optic Nerve Evaluation
    • Measure 14: AMD - Dilated Macular Examination
    • Measure 18: Diabetic Retinopathy Documentation of Presence or Absence of Macular Edema and Level of Severity of Retinopathy
    • Measure 19: Diabetic Retinopathy Communication with Physician Managing Ongoing Diabetes Care
    • Measure 114: Inquiry Regarding Tobacco Use
    • Measure 115: Advising Smokers to Quit
    • Measure 117: Dilated Eye Exam in Diabetic Patient
    • Measure 124: HIT - Adoption/Use of Health Information Technology (Electronic Health Records)
    • Measure 125: HIT - Adoption/Use of e-Prescribing
    • Measure 128: Universal Weight Screening and Follow-Up
    • Measure 129: Universal Influenza Vaccine Screening and Counseling
    • Combination of Measures
  • Coding Resources
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    • Coding Learning Tools
    • National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)
    • Updated ICD.9 CM Codes
    • 2008 Level II CPT Codes
    • A White Paper on HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Regulation
      • Part I: An Overview of HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Regulation
      • Part II: Direct Data Entry Systems
      • Part III: Claim Attachments
      • Part IV: Optical Industry Process Maps
      • Part V: Key Milestones & Dates for Transaction & Code Sets
      • Part VI: Appendicies
    • NCCI edits 14.3
• Archives & Museum
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  • Bibliography : History of Optometry
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• Practice Management
  • Hispanic Vision Initiative
  • Entering Practice
    • Optometry article: A case study in practice transition
    • Map Out Your Optometric Journey with a Successful Business Plan
    • Developing the Large Optometric Practice
    • Feasibility Studies for ODs
    • A Simple Approach to Developing Business Strategy
    • Is Your Planning on Target? Developing a Mission Statement and Business Plan for your Practice is an Invaluable Exercise
    • You Can Be a Successful Negotiator!
    • Making the Deal: A Guide to Successful Negotiation
  • Operations/Business Management
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      • Twelve Simple Ways to Help Avoid Claims Rejections
      • Documentation Guidelines Revisited: The First Part of the Four-Part Series
      • Documentation Guidelines Revisited: The Basic Elements
      • Documentation Guidelines Revisited: The Examination
      • Documentation Guidelines Revisited: Medical Decision Making
    • Patient Care
      • How to Offer the Best UV Protection for Patients' Eyes
      • Expanded Patient History
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        • Telephone Triage
    • Staffing and Personnel Issues
      • Job Design: Keys to Motivation, Performance, and Satisfaction
      • What Do Your Employees Really Want?
    • Financial Issues
      • Making a Statement About the Practice
      • Why Every Optometrist Needs a Budget
    • Disaster Preparation and Planning
    • Supply & Inventory
      • Beware of marketing traps that are illegal in your state
    • Managed Care
      • Watch Out for Managed Care Anti-trust Traps
      • Do Your Vision Care Plans Make the Grade?
      • So Many Plans, So Little Time: Coping with Multiple Managed Care Plans
      • Chart Audits For Better Plan Compliance
      • 25 Questions To Ask Before Joining A Third Party Prepaid Plan
  • Special Interest Areas
    • Children's Vision and Vision Therapy
      • Incorporating Pediatric Eye Care Into Primary Care Practice
      • Vision Therapy Only
      • Vision Therapy Co-Management
    • Computer Vision
      • Do Third-Party Plans Really Pay for CVS Care?
      • Marketing a Computer Vision Practice
      • Nine Steps to Computer Vision Practice
  • Exit Strategies
    • Optometry article: A case study in practice transition
    • Valuing an Optometric Practice
    • Determining Practice Value
    • Don't Procrastinate...Associate!
  • Marketing Tools
    • An Optometrist’s Guide to Marketing
      • Part I: An Introduction to Marketing
      • Part II: Developing Marketing Opportunities
      • Part III: Developing the Marketing Mix
      • Part IV: Managing the Marketing Effort
    • Customizable News Releases
    • Growing a Practice Outside the Walls: Setting Up an External Marketing Program
    • Healthy Eyes Healthy People...Healthy Practices!
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  • Why some Medicare claims are not being paid!
• Clinical Care
  • Allergan Launches Latisse™ as Treatment for Hypotrichosis
  • Presentation to the FDA Advisory Panel on Contact Lens Solutions
  • Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome (IFIS) Associated with Systemic Alpha-1 Blockers
  • AOA Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Quick Reference Guides
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  • Council on Research
    • Summer Invitational Research Institute
  • Patient Care
    • Geriatrics and Nursing Facility
      • Optometric Care of Nursing Home Residents
      • Eye Care Services in Nursing Facilities
      • Facts about Optometric Nursing Facility Care
      • Instruments and Equipment
      • A Recommended Continuing Education Curriculum: Geriatric Optometry for the Primary Care Practice
    • Hospital Practice
      • Facts about Optometry and Optometric Services in Hospitals (PDF Version)
      • Optometric Services in Hospitals (Position Paper)
      • Hospital Privileges Manual
        • Sample Application Form: Application For Appointment To The Medical/Dental Staff (Word doc)
        • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part II: The Importance of Optometry to the Hospital
        • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part III: Hospital Bylaws and Legal Issues in Hospital Privileging
        • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part IV: How to Obtain Hospital Privileges
        • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part V: The Hospital-Based Optometric Examination
      • American Optometric Association Guidelines for Delineation of Clinical Privileges for Optometry
    • Pediatrics and Binocular Vision
      • Vision: A Collaboration of Eyes and Brain
      • The Need for Comprehensive Vision Examination of Preschool and School-age Children
      • Vision Therapy
        • PDF Version of this Page
        • Optometric Co-Management of Vision Therapy
      • Vision, Learning and Dyslexia
      • The Use of Tinted Lenses and Colored Overlays for the Treatment of Dyslexia and Other Related Reading and Learning Disorders
      • Optometric Care of the Patient with Acquired Brain Injury
    • Primary Care
      • Optometric Clinical Practice Recommendations
  • Environmental / Occupational Issues
    • Occupational Vision Manual Part I: Introduction
      • PDF Version (360.6 KB)
      • Occupational Vision Manual: Part II: Performance and Productivity in the Work Place
      • Occupational Vision Manual: Part III: Ocular Protection
      • Occupational Vision Manual: Part IV: Contact Lens Use In Industry
      • Occupational Vision Manual: Part V: Medico-Legal and Ethical Concerns Regarding Standards and Regulations
      • Occupational Vision Manual: References and Sources for Further Information
    • Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)
      • Computer Vision Syndrome Symptoms
      • The Relationship of Computer Vision Syndrome to Musculoskeletal Disorders
      • Impact of Computer Use on Children's Vision
      • The Effects of Video Display Terminal Use on Eye Health and Vision
      • Criteria for Determining Whether the Need for Eyeglasses or Other Treatment is Related to Computer Use
    • Motorist Vision Policy
    • Recommendations for the Use of Laser Pointers
  • Ophthalmic Standards
  • Commission on Quality Assessment & Improvement
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Aviation Vision
    • Aviation Vision Continuing Education Course
    • Comparison of Bifocal and Progressive Addition Lenses on Aviator Target Detection Performance
    • Eyes, Right
    • LASIK Refractive Surgery: Clinical Considerations for the Pilot
    • Special Ophthalmic Needs of Aviators
    • Sunglasses in Aviation
    • Ultraviolet Radiation: Hazards in Aviation
    • Eye Exams and Aviation: Prescription for Success
    • The Eye and Night Vision
    • Adjusting to New Spectacles the Easy Way
    • Prescribing Spectacles for Aviators
    • AOA Pilot Vision Evaluation
    • FAA Report of Eye Evaluation
    • Ophthalmological Evaluation for Glaucoma
    • Clinical Application of Vision Standards
  • Community Health Centers
    • NEW Business Plan for a Comprehensive Eye Care Service and Key Questions to Assess Need
    • Community Health Center Optometry
    • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Community Health Center Optometry
    • The Fundamentals of Community Health Centers
    • UPDATED - A Sketch of Community Health Centers: The NACHC Chart Book
    • Do you Need an Eye Care Service?
    • How to Start an Eye Care Service in a Community Health Center
    • Opening the Doors to Vision Care Access
    • Memorandum of Understanding with the National Association of Community Health Centers
    • Publications and Research

Congratulations to the Newest FOA Members

August 2009

Dr. Jonathan T. Nebb
Dr. Lea Kay Spears

July 2009

Dr. Margaret Allen
Dr. Eulogio Besada
Dr. Britney Caruso
Dr. Phillip K. Haiman
Dr. Jackie G. Kornbluth
Dr. Marjorie Lenoir
Dr. W. Payton Patterson
Dr. Jay A. Weil

June 2009

Dr. Amber Aria
Dr. Lissette M. Arroba
Dr. Wilfredo Cruz Martinez
Dr. Craig T. Hanley
Dr. Priti Patel
Dr. Shaun Small
Dr. Janine Toucet
Dr. Linda Zanas

May 2009

Dr. Wendy Bui
Dr. Francisco A. Companioni
Dr. Alisha L. Fleming
Dr. Salahuddin Masters
Dr. P. Alicia Safille

April 2009

Dr. Stephen D. Cyford
Dr. Almond C. Edwards
Dr. Alisa L. Fleming
Dr. Ian S. Jung
Dr. Christopher M. McCann
Dr. Ronald J. Minsky
Dr. Afrouz Motedaeiny
Dr. Trina C. Perkins
Dr. P. Alicia Safille
Dr. Frederick R. Valentine
Dr. Staci R. Walters
Dr. James Zimmerman
Dr. Betty Zondag

March 2009

Dr. Susan Barnett
Dr. Anne M. Gregas
Dr. Melody Leon
Dr. Brenda R. Liffland
Dr. Karen Montas-Rojas
Dr. Susan K. Olsen
Dr. Sanjeet K. Shahi

February 2009

Dr. Peggy Achenbach
Dr. Missba Bawaney
Dr. Steve T. Bussa
Dr. Adam Clarin
Dr. Aaron James Evans
Dr. Michelle Gonzalez
Dr. James Matthew Hunter
Dr. Lili Lam
Dr. Arnaldo M. Martinez
Dr. Juan A. Menjivar
Dr. Ashley Muhlada
Dr. Damaris Pagan-Torres
Dr. Nathan H. Schramm
Dr. Edward Wygonik
Dr. William Yu

January 2009

Dr. Jamie Althoff
Dr. Nicholas T. Anderson
Dr. Linda Azwell
Dr. Christine Brennan
Dr. Robert A. Bryan
Dr. Diana Camargo
Dr. Oscar Castro
Dr. Christine Chen
Dr. Chauntel E. Da Silva
Dr. Mealiinani C. Duarte-Hernandez
Dr. Walter Hathaway
Dr. Jessica C. Hayward
Dr. Betty E. Kline
Dr. Thomas Kline
Dr. Enhui Mercy Ko
Dr. Marcie L. Koontz
Dr. Karen L. Kramer
Dr. Norah L. Krol
Dr. David N. Lynne
Dr. Maria J. Mandese
Dr. Emilio J. Martinez-Lezama
Dr. Brad Masuga
Dr. Jennifer Moncada
Dr. Vanessa Morales
Dr. Hoang Minh Nguyen
Dr. Dionne Orr
Dr. Nana Owusu
Dr. Nikil Patel
Dr. Marisa A. Perez
Dr. Mitchell R. Petit
Dr. Renee G. Phipps
Dr. Karen A. Puchalski
Dr. Raymond Rodriguez
Dr. Rodney L. Scherle
Dr. Alexis Strauss
Dr. David P. Todd
Dr. Nicholos Toffoli
Dr. Heena A. Udhwani
Dr. Balmary Vazquez
Dr. Mathew T. Walker
Dr. Cynthia Ward
Dr. Jason Xuna-Cintron