Tools and resources to help you manage an efficient and financially sound practice.
Annual Meeting
The AAOE Program of the 2010 Joint Meeting begins in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Members and nonmembers may now register online and secure housing. For more information, view the Registration and Hotels and Travel pages.
View courses dedicated to Business Operations & Finance and/or Optical Dispensing. For a complete overview of AAOE programs and events, vew our detailed program by day page.
Plan your itinerary now with the Virtual Advance Program brochure.
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Latest News
Managed Care
- American Medical Association's (AMA) releases annual National Health Insurer Report Card
- UnitedHealth Group UCR Settlement Claim Forms — Deadline Oct. 5, 2010
ASC Payment
- Surgical Groups Discuss ASC Update with CMS
Medicare Billing
- Additional Standards for DME Providers Become Effective Sept. 27
- Working to Resolve Medicare Reimbursement Issue Caused by PECOS Enrollment Process
- Health Care Reform Act Affects Medicare Filing Requirements
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Operations
View the Academy's new Eye on Efficiency web page
H1N1 ("Swine") Flu guidance for practices
Presentations as presented during the 2009 AAOE Program:
AAO membership survey demographic data (PDF 350K) View slides from the Academy's 2007 U.S. members/fellows survey.
SimplifEye™ Ophthalmic Purchasing Program Member's only purchasing program features a special ophthalmic formulary.
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Financial Management
NEW! Improve your practice's bottom line with seven ophthalmology-specific financial management guides. AAOE's The Profitable Practice Collection available now.
The AMA's "Heal that Claim"™ Campaign offers useful tools—such as a physician claims process check-up and the Claims Workflow Assistant denial management tool—to help physician practices become more efficient and reduce claims processing costs.
Academy/AAOE benchmarking survey
Hot tips to boost your bottom line View summary of ideas to increase revenue and reduce expenses from a recent E-Expert discussion on tips to boost your bottom line.
Health Insurer Settlements - Read information on AMA web site
Financial Management Spreadsheets (Courtesy of Walt Underwood, FACMPE):
Forms (AAOE member login required)
- Download and customize sample practice forms. The forms provided are only a few of over 300 forms offered as part of Practice Forms Master. To order or learn more visit the Academy store.
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AAOE Library
NEW! Business Operations and Finance article archive View back issues of AAOE and Academy publications organized by topic.
AAOE News Read latest issue.
Executive Update Archive View every Executive Update issue February 2003 to current.
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