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CMS Opens Sunshine Act Review

Physicians have 45 days to review and dispute payments from industry. The Ophthalmology Innovation Summit opening on Thursday is clear evidence of the advances that can come with clinicians and industry working together. But such cooperation comes with oversight. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened its Open Pay-ments system to allow…

Alphaeon’s Grant Explains Innovative New Model

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 034″] Alphaeon is tapping physicians for unprecedented involvement in finding and funding new treatments. Hear how the company sees the future of health care.

Talley Rostov Works To Improve Global Vision

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 030″] Seattle Ophthalmologist Audrey Talley Rostov explains how she became involved in an international movement to end corneal blindness.

Vance Thompson, MD Speaks To Importance Of Patient “Experience” In A Successful Practice

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 024″] Vance Thompson, MD sees patient “Experience” as a secret weapon in building a successful practice. He shares the steps his group takes to ensure patient service is as big a draw as new technologies. Podcast Guest Vance Thompson, MD Vance Thompson, MD is an internationally recognized specialist in Laser Vision…

A Multi-generational Look At Ophthalmology With Dr. George O. Waring IV

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 023″] The ophthalmology patient base often is seen as a single, monolithic mass. But different generations have different needs and must be approached appropriately, says Dr. George O. Waring IV. Podcast Guest George Waring IV, MD George O. Waring IV, MD FACS is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, the Director of…

Q&A with Richard Lindstrom

First adopter Richard Lindstrom, MD, details the role new technology play in ophthalmology. Speaking With: Richard Lindstrom, MD Dr Richard L Lindstrom, Founder and attending surgeon at Minnesota Eye Consultants, Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology, Associate Director: Minnesota Lions Eye Bank, Board Member: University of Minnesota Foundation, and…

AAO Sees Good and Bad in Consolidation

Speaking at the recent OIS@AAO meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology EVP and CEO David W. Parke II, MD, highlighted health care system integration forces that are aggregating physicians into larger groups, encouraging hospital mergers, and accelerating physician employment. Much of the consolidation is happening as part of the push towards accountable care organizations (ACOs). About…

Slade Discusses The Opportunities, And Challenges, Of New Technology

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 008″] Throughout his career, Stephen Slade, MD, has been an early adopter of new ophthalmic technologies, being among the first to use LASIK, and femtosecond lasers in cataract removal. As a seasoned early adopter, Slade expresses some reservations around new “back-office” technologies in his practice – namely EMRs. Despite these concerns,…

Lindstrom: Ophthalmologists Facing Both Opportunity & Pressure

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 005″] Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, a long-time supporter of ophthalmology start-ups, looks ahead at the challenges facing physicians and investors as they work to meet the growing demand for ophthalmic treatment in an evolving healthcare industry. Podcast Guest Richard Lindstrom, MD Dr Richard L Lindstrom, Founder and attending surgeon at Minnesota…

Innovation, Industry and Consultants – Good for Patients

Polio crippled President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and it infected and often paralyzed thousands of other Americans—58,000 in 1952 alone. Many historians consider the eradication of polio in the United States the greatest medical breakthrough of the 20th century. As recently as 1988, polio infected 350,000 individuals worldwide. In 2001, the World Health Organization documented only…

Physician Entrepreneurship in Ophthalmology

Striving to reach the aspiring entrepreneurs in the crowd at the 5th Annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit @ AAO in New Orleans, Dick Lindstrom leads an experienced panel of entrepreneurs and tech developers through a series of focused questions. Sharing their highly coveted successes and failures, these panelists cover all aspects of entrepreneurship from focusing in…

Ophthalmic Innovation 2013 – “A View from the AAO”

David Parke, CEO for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, speaks to the audience of the 5th Annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit @ AAO, about the importance, benefits and overall successes surrounding the use of clinical registries, namely the IRIS Registry. Highlighting the value proposition for ophthalmologists, David shares the Academy’s hope for the registry to reduce…