Webinars

ASOA's 60-minute webinars provide a venue to keep abreast of the latest in legislative and regulatory compliance in addition to a host of other informative subjects relating to practice management.

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Podcasts

ASOA's podcasts feature content from ASOA resources as well as interviews with experienced ophthalmic practice administrators and subject matter experts.

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Finance & Administration

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The specialty of ophthalmology is going through a period of unprecedented consolidation. There are many factors driving this trend. This webinar will provide an understanding of what factors are driving this activity as well as the different forms of consolidation. The webinar will also address the role of private equity and other investors in facilitating market consolidation. Other topics to be covered include: What’s in it for the physician(s)? How might a transaction impact the life of a pra ...Read More

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Market Consolidation and the Role of Private Equity - Streaming

Market Consolidation and the Role of Private Equity - Download

Market Consolidation and the Role of Private Equity - Presentation Slides

Speaker(s): Bruce Maller, BSM Consulting Group

Date: 6/13/2018

Media Type: Webinar

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This two-day workshop conducted at the 2019 ASOA annual meeting touches on each of the six COE exam domains, and is one of several recommended COE study resources. Attendance does not guarantee passage of the COE Exam. Agenda: Financial Management – Bruce Maller – BSM ConsultingInformation Technology Management – Candace Simerson, FASOA, COE, CMPE, CAHCM – Precision Eye Services; Laurie K. Brown, MBA, COMT, COE, CPC, CPMA – BSM ConsultingOperations – Elizabeth Monroe, COE, CPSS, PHR – BSM Cons ...Read More

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2019 COE Review - Part 1 - Financial Managment

2019 COE Review - Part 2 - Information Technology

2019 COE Review - Part 3 - Operations

2019 COE Review - Part 4 - Human Resources

2019 COE Review - Part 5 - Risk Management

2019 COE Review - Part 6 - General Ophthalmic Knowledge

2019 COE Review - All Handouts

Date: 5/4/2019

Media Type: Webinar

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What You Need to Know: 2020 Proposed Cataract Reimbursement

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Coding & Reimbursement

Finance & Administration

Government Relations

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Webinar Synopsis:  ASCRS ASOA Director of Government Relations Nancey McCann will discuss the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, the RUC process, what was recommended and next steps.  She will also answer questions from participants.  ...Read More

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2020 Proposed Cataract Reimbursement - Streaming Video

2020 Proposed Cataract Reimbursement - Presentation Slides

2020 Proposed Cataract Reimbursement - Video Download

Speaker(s): Nancey McCann

Date: 8/15/2019

Media Type: Webinar

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Effectively managing the financial aspects of an ophthalmology practice is critical to practice success. Sometimes, physicians and management are overwhelmed with the number of reports and financial statements they need to assess practice performance. It might be time to get “back to basics.” This webinar will provide practical information and introduce useful reports to facilitate efficient and effective data reporting and analysis. The webinar participants will learn to: Identify key operating ...Read More

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Back to Basics: Financial Reporting & Benchmarking- Presentation Slides

Back to Basics: Financial Benchmarking & Reporting - Audio Download

Back to Basics: Financial Benchmarking & Reporting - Streaming Audio

Speaker(s): Bruce Maller - President, BSM Consulting

Date: 5/18/2016

Media Type: Webinar

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In today’s ophthalmology landscape, recruiting and retaining top ophthalmologists and optometrists to our practices has become increasingly difficult. This webinar addresses provider compensation issues, standard contract terms, and guidelines to help make practices competitive in this tight labor market. The course also uses data available through ASOAnalytics to demonstrate industry trends.  ...Read More

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Provider Compensation - Video Download

Provider Compensation - Streaming Video

Provider Compensation - Presentation Slides

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Monroe, Principal and Senior Consultant for BSM Consulting

Date: 11/6/2019

Media Type: Webinar

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Benchmarking for Better Business Decisions

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Benchmarking for Better Business Decisions--Streaming Audio

Speaker(s): Andrew Maller, MBA, COE and Maureen Waddle, MBA

Date: 7/19/2017

Media Type: Podcast

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Medicare Billing and Coding Update: A 20/20 View of What’s to Come

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Certified Ophthalmic Executives (COE)

Coding & Reimbursement

Finance & Administration

Government Relations

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The best way to reduce improper payments is to stay abreast of the of Medicare changes that occur each year, both for physicians and ASCs. Good coding is essential to the success and bottom line of your practice. This webinar will include the most up-to-date information to assist practices in implementing billing, coding and other changes for 2020. Learning Objectives Identify changes that will need to be made to your billing and coding procedures for the coming year Understand the importance ...Read More

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Medicare Billing and Coding Update - Presentation Slides

Medicare Billing and Coding Update - Video Download

Medicare Billing and Coding Update - Streaming Video

Speaker(s): E. Ann Rose, FASOA, Senior Consultant, Rose & Associates

Date: 1/15/2020

Media Type: Webinar

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This web seminar will provide practical information and offer useful tools to facilitate data reporting and interpretation so that practice owners and administrators can get an accurate picture of the financial health of the practice and identify areas for potential performance improvement. Successful practices are diligent in gathering, measuring, and managing information. This session defines benchmarking and educates participants on the importance of focusing on key operating metrics that imp ...Read More

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Financial Benchmarking for the Ophthalmology Practice - Streaming Audio

Financial Benchmarking for the Ophthalmology Practice - Presentation Slides

Financial Benchmarking for the Ophthalmology Practice - Audio Download

Speaker(s): Jill Maher, MA, COE, OCS

Date: 5/21/2014

Media Type: Webinar

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The first in a series of case study presentations, this webinar will showcase how a practice faced a particular issue and how that issue was resolved by a consultant and/or vendor in conjunction with the practice. As more new patients come into the healthcare system, savvy providers are seeing opportunities to develop better relationships with the hope that will translate to greater bill collection success. In a world where patient payments represent an increasingly large portion of a providers ...Read More

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Best Practices for Boosting Patient Payments - Audio Download

Best Practices for Boosting Patient Payments - Presentation Slides

Best Practices for Boosting Patient Payments - Streaming Audio

Speaker(s): Gerard White, CEO - Clearwave Corporation & Rod Roeser, Thomas Eye Group

Date: 10/19/2016

Media Type: Webinar

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Understanding and Using Provider Productivity Benchmarks

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Benchmarks & Statistics

Certified Ophthalmic Executives (COE)

Finance & Administration

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In this webinar, we will discuss the importance of using benchmarks in general and provider productivity benchmarks specifically. After providing brief definitions and information about provider productivity benchmarks, we’ll describe how administrators use these results in practical ways to create financial analysis of opportunities and use the benchmarking results to continuously improve their practice performance.Learning Objectives: Understand importance of benchmarks.Learn common provider p ...Read More

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Understanding and Using Provider Productivity Benchmarks - Streaming Audio

Understanding and Using Provider Productivity Benchmarks - Audio Download

Understanding and Using Provider Productivity Benchmarks - Presentation Slides

Speaker(s): • Janna Mullaney, COE, COO and Maureen Waddle, MBA

Date: 10/4/2017

Media Type: Webinar

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Productivity: ASOAnalytics

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Productivity: ASOAnalytics - Streaming Audio

Speaker(s): Andrew Maller, MBA, COE and Maureen Waddle, MBA, BSM Consulting

Date: 8/30/2017

Media Type: Podcast

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Productivity: ASOAnalytics - Streaming Audio

Speaker(s): Andrew Maller, MBA, COE and Maureen Waddle, MBA, BSM Consulting

Date: 8/30/2017

Media Type: Podcast

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