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Manage your Dues Account Online - California Optometric Association

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A" data-cycle-log=false data-cycle-caption="#alt-caption" data-cycle-caption-template="{ alt} ". COA has created informative legislative updates. Providing you with first hand knowledge of the laws that effect your profession. Log in now and get updated! Join COA and help shape optometry! Eye Help for the Public. Manage your Dues Account Online. Click here to pay your dues online and enroll in monthly automatic payments. Click here to update your credit card information only. Find a COA Member.

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CE On Demand – California Optometry

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BACK TO MAIN PAGE. The Either Or Mythology. Alameda Contra Costa County Optometric Society. Central California Optometric Society. Golden Empire Optometric Society. Kern County Optometric Society. Los Angeles County Optometric Society. Mojave Desert Optometric Society. Monterey Bay Optometric Society. Orange County Optometric Society. Redwood Empire Optometric Society. Rio Hondo Optometric Society. Sacramento Valley Optometric Society. San Diego Optometric Society. V San Fernando Valley Optometric Society.

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New laws affecting the practice of optometry – California Optometry

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BACK TO MAIN PAGE. New laws affecting the practice of optometry. A number of bills affecting the practice of optometry, including the areas of out-of-network reimbursement, prescriptions, wage discrimination and more, were approved by Governor Brown following the end of the 2016 Legislative Session. Unless stated otherwise, all new laws listed take effect January 1, 2017. Bonta, D: Health care coverage – out-of-network coverage. Gray, D: Workers’ compensation Health care provider suspension. Requires a h...

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Avoid Medicare Reimbursement Cuts – Participate in MIPS – California Optometry

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BACK TO MAIN PAGE. Avoid Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Participate in MIPS. If you participate in Medicare Part B. Bill more than $30,000 annually. See more than 100. Medicare patients in a year, beginning in 2019 your reimbursements could go up – or down. 8211; depending on the actions you take now. The COA Quality Payment Program Overview fact sheet. Details the steps you need to take as early as January 1, 2017,. But no later than October 2, 2017,. Determined to Help Others A Profile. It’s all over the ...

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CE: Diabetes and Visual Dysfunction – California Optometry

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BACK TO MAIN PAGE. CE: Diabetes and Visual Dysfunction. John JT Tassinari, OD. Diabetes is a common metabolic disease which can cause notable deleterious effects on the eyes and vision. Diabetic retinopathy tops the list of diabetic eye diseases that grabs the attention and clinical acumen of optometrists. Diabetes also causes disorders of refraction, accommodation, and binocular vision which will be the focus of this article. Case Report, Part I. 3BI/12BO facility: 8 cycles/min. Case Report, Part II.

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We want your feedback – California Optometry

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Fill out my online form. BACK TO MAIN PAGE. Alameda Contra Costa County Optometric Society. Central California Optometric Society. Golden Empire Optometric Society. Kern County Optometric Society. Los Angeles County Optometric Society. Mojave Desert Optometric Society. Monterey Bay Optometric Society. Orange County Optometric Society. Redwood Empire Optometric Society. Rio Hondo Optometric Society. Sacramento Valley Optometric Society. San Diego Optometric Society. V San Fernando Valley Optometric Society.

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COA Board of Trustees Meeting Highlights – California Optometry

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BACK TO MAIN PAGE. COA Board of Trustees Meeting Highlights. The COA Board of Trustees (BOT) met at the COA office in Sacramento on June 8, 2016. And by teleconference on October 4, 2016. The BOT discussed a number of issues and topics that included the following items and motions:. June 8, 2016, meeting. To accept the 2015 COA audit report as presented. To accept the April 2016 year-to-date COA financial statements as presented. To keep the sponsored table rate at OptoWest at $2,500 per table. To suppor...

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Three solutions for no-show patients – California Optometry

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BACK TO MAIN PAGE. Three solutions for no-show patients. An occasional bump in patient flow in a practice is to be expected. But how can doctors of optometry handle patients who repeatedly fail to show up for their appointments and don’t call to cancel? Practicing doctors and practice management consultants observe that doctors should consider all perspectives, including that of patients, before settling on a strategy. Here are their tips:. Focus on customer service. Show value to patients. Excerpted fro...