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Eye care professionals and wizards of the eye industry discuss business, innovation, tech, marketing, glasses, contact lenses, clinical info, and hot topics to make businesses thrive in the opportunistic market we operate in. Learn new skills and adopt new ideas to implement in your workplace today to stay 5 years ahead of the competition.

Episodes

January 28, 2023 66 mins

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE:

  • What a copay, deductible, co-insurance and out-of-pocket maximums are
  • Examples of how to read insurance cards
  • Examples of how to calculate what a patient owes at a visit
  • Asking for payment from patients
  • Collecting insurance info ahead of visit tips
  • HOW TO BULK VERIFY INSURANCE AND AVOID PAYER WEBSITES:

    EHRs have really bad insurance searchability features. Even those with integrations, it's...

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    The hardest thing to train is vision plans. It's a foreign language. This episode guides you on how to speak to patients in simple terms, lookup benefits, interpret and price, and tips and tricks to have office efficiency.

    This was originally a webinar so watch the YouTube replay here for  best experience. 

    Training resources created for this event:

  • Optical Sales Quote Sheet
  • VSP Benefit Step-by-Step Interpretation
  • EyeMed Step-by-Ste...
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    January 7, 2023 84 mins

    We discuss digital, print and internal marketing to attract dry eye sufferers to our clinics. Everything from IG reel videos to paid Google AdWords and direct mail. You can't always rely on the butts in the chair to feed your dry eye business. 

    Join the live show on Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET. Register here: https://dryeyehive.com/ 

    YouTube replays

    Sponsors: Dry Eye Rescue and Zocular

    Focused bi-weekly topic:

  • Clinical and business
  •  90 m...
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    How to implement a remote receptionist. Dr Dawn Kaplan, a 2-location Costco owner, describes her experience having staffing issues and then hiring remotely. 

    She hired Lorenta, an experienced optician from South Africa to answer calls for both of her locations. 

    Learn why hiring through Eye Help You can alleviate many of your short staffing issues. Hiring remote doesn't have to be scary when you hire people that actually have wor...

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    Learn how an optician in South Africa remotely helps a 4+ location office in Florida sumbit ALL their vision plan claims for exams, Rx glasses, contacts, and more.

    Nightly, she logs into VSP, Eyemed, etc to submit the claims and communicate back to the office if she has any questions. It frees up opticians in office to cater towards patient facing care. 

    Remote Vision Billing Assisstance

    perry@eyehelpyou.co

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    December 19, 2022 30 mins

    Perry takes the hot seat as Helen Whitaker interviews him about his definition of success, freedom, and business growth. You'll get to hear a more candid side of Perry of his past and current eyecare career from unhappiness to debt to traveling happiness. 

    Interested in mobile optical? Checkout Secure Vision's curriculum 

    Learn about vision plan remote billing assistance 

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    December 17, 2022 121 mins

    The general public/patients join us this time on Dry Eye Hive from around the world.

    Listen to patient cases and hear their dry eye journey. We give actionable feedback to patients and guide them towards wellness.

    Dry Eye Hive is a  live dry eye show where "dry eye docs talk shop." Come to engage in a casual townhall style talk show every other Tuesday at 8:30pm ET. Learn from doctors in the trenches making it happen in their...

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    December 4, 2022 71 mins

    David Salk, the owner of Blue Logic Lenses and e-clips, walks us through the science and technical parts of blue light as an optician with 50+ years of experience. 

    Blue light lenses have been around a decade now. It started with Crizal Prevencia and now everyone has a coating, lens material, tint, etc.

    Many internet retailers are completely dedicated to selling blue light like Felix Gray with a healthy business. 

    Schedule medical...

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    November 28, 2022 30 mins

    Opticians can make or break a private practices dispensary. Smart, happy and business minded opticians create profitability. Navindi, an optician in the DC area, shares how she stays disciplined and works with her colleagues in office to create the ideal optical environment for her team and patients.

    Highlights:

  • Performance reviews
  • Delegation
  • Reduction of errors
  • Profitability
  • Peer-to-peer coaching
  • Join our FB group

    Get info about Routine V...

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    November 22, 2022 95 mins

    We talk about "Eyesthetics" with guest appearances from Drs. Kerry Salsberg, Jordan Friedman, Michelle Baron.  

    Dry Eye Hive is a  live dry eye show where "dry eye docs talk shop." Come to engage in a casual townhall style talk show every other Tuesday at 8:30pm ET. Learn from doctors in the trenches making it happen in their offices. 

    Sponsors:

     Dry Eye Rescue

    Zocular

    Eye Help You



     

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    November 20, 2022 123 mins

    Episode 1 of 6 of Dry Eye Hive, the talk show for dry eye docs airing live bi-weekly Tuesdays at 8:30pm ET. 

    It's straight Q&A with doctors in the trenches. None of the KOL stuff. It's free of sponsor pitches, regulation, and is downright informational with no slidedecks.

    Signup here: https://dryeyehive.com/

    Here's what you can expect:

  • Focused bi-weekly topic
  • Clinical and business
  • 10-min opening monologue
  • 90 mins of Q&...
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    October 27, 2022 17 mins

    Imagine what can happen when dry eye docs all huddle on a Zoom call and just talk shop. That's what we're doing on Nov. 1 at 8:30 PM and continuing over a 6-week period bi-weekly.

    No big agenda; talk about what's going on in your practice clincally and the business side to keep patients returning and referring others.

    Come video ready. There's no big presentation, just conversation and mentorship Q&A style.

    Registe...

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    October 17, 2022 101 mins

    Helen Whitaker of Secure Vision Mobile Optical Academy shares how she went from working at Costco in Canada as an optician to builing a thriving mobile business. Now, she teaches opticians how THEY CAN DO IT! 

     

    Benefits of mobile optical? 

  • Low startup costs 
  • Minimal inventory 
  •  No rent 
  • Work when you want 
  • Every appointment is a guaranteed sale 
  • Opportunity for 6-figure income with hard work
     
  •  Checkout the online course how to get started ...

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    October 8, 2022 89 mins

    Frame reppin' is not a luxurious job. It's hard work. Some reps make 6-figures and others just have a day job with modest income.

    Topics:

  • how they produce income
  • being an employee vs 1099 worker
  • exchange policies
  • downside of traveling
  • years to build a territory
  • how to break into the biz
  • nightmares
  • Eye Help You remote staffing

    Facebook group

    Practice management newsletter

     

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    Nothing is worse than frame inventory out off control. Lost dollars, pressure from boss to sell, backroom stacked. Discussion of best strategies for purchasing, stocking, re-stocking, doing inventory, and sell through.

    Join Optical Obsessed LIVE

    Learn about remote staffing through Eye Help You

     


     

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    October 3, 2022 58 mins

    There's other ways beyond private equity and doctor-to-doctor sales to harvest a business you have grown.

    Amplify EyeCare is revolutionizing eyecare by purchasing practices and developing a nationwide network of medical & specialty eyecare practices, amplified with investments in training, management, marketing, & technology.

    Eye Help You remote staffing service

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    Learn more at https://ampl...

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    September 12, 2022 87 mins

    Perry mystery shop calls 10+ offices.

    How's the front desk at your office? Are they answering optical questions appropriately to drive sales and traffic? Or, do they say "I don't know" or wrong unenthusiastic answers?

    On the calls, he ask questions like:

  • Can I get my PD?
  • Do you carry frames for big watermelon heads?
  • What's the cost of a progressive?
  • Do you carry XYZ brand?
  • What's the price of an eye exam?
  • How fa...
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    September 5, 2022 56 mins

    Perry chats with Edwards Marques, CEO of Vision Science Labs.

    The online platform was designed to enable all eyecare professionals to provide Vision Therapy for treating minor to severe binocular vision conditions. The digital tools allow clinicians to assign as lists of activities for home and in-office treatment while managing, monitoring, and reporting patient progress.

     

    Vision Science Labs

    Join every Wednesday at 8pm ET for optica...

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    Fallon walked into what she  feels is a storm waiting to strike with no proper training, no one to push the office to succeed. She is determined to navigate this on her own and wants to better herself in every way.

    Main issues described in Fallon's words:

  •  I would like to learn how to properly prioritize every patient is one coming into our office and avoid the constant missed or same day canceled slots that I feel could be avoid...
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  • Dealing with refunds and unhappy patients
  • When you forget lens-add ons; how to handle
  • Not overselling 
  • Sticker shock, how to address
  • Choosing tints
  • Attend the show live every Wednesday at 8PM ET. Register here.

    View YouTube recordings with video.

    Link to pricing guide for frame tags

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