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There is no doubt about it: Patients place a high value on their vision care programs. Cost savings, performance enhancement, and early disease detection have made vision care a very desirable benefit, even when participation is at the patients’ ...
On October 30, the California Health Benefit Exchange Board voted to include stand-alone vision plans in their soon-to-open state insurance exchange. This important decision, endorsed by the California Optometric Association (COA)
The following guest post is the text of an e-mail from Stuart Thomas, OD, chairman of the VSP Global Board of Directors. Hear the conference call hosted by VSP immediately following the decision.
Well, fall is in the air and it is time to get ready for some football. Whatever you do, if you are going to a game, be sure you remember your tickets. I remember a few years ago, driving two and a half hours to an Oregon State/Oregon civil war ...
I am blessed to live on the banks of the Columbia River in Oregon, which sports one of the great spring Chinook salmon runs. For fishermen around here, fishing is a near religious experience, but it is the fish who are the real heroes.
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”Dr. Seuss
Recently, an Open Forum was held with representatives from both the AOA and VSP discussing stand-alone vision plan direct participation in the newly forming state insurance exchanges.
We all remember the famous words sung by Sister Sledge: “We are Family.” There is no question about it; the optometric profession has always had a real sense of family. Remarkably, we actually like each other. However, that does not mean that we always agree.
What in the world has happened to a cup of coffee? It is no longer just coffee; it is a “venti three-shot, soy, one-pump vanilla latte with light whip and no foam!” And what is up with blue jeans? Now, they are “distressed, stonewashed, multi-color, relaxed fit and meant to be worn just south of the hambone.” Yikes!!
An article appeared in CNNMoney.com on January 5, 2012, which was titled “Doctors going broke.” The article discussed a growing problem wherein independent medical practices are facing “serious financial issues.” Reasons listed were: shrinking insurance reimbursements, changing regulations, and rising business costs, combined with reductions in both Medicare and health plan reimbursements.
