Business

The Biggest Financial Decision: Selling a Practice

The sale price gets all the attention. How much wealth you keep depends on something else entirely: whether the experts around you are working from the same playbook.

David Mandell, JD, MBA

Designing a Successful Front Office

Thoughtful planning is essential.

Alan Winig

Real Estate: Invest in the Future of Your Practice

These financial, operational, and strategic considerations can help you make the right decision between renting and owning.

Jefferey T. Brockette, MSHA

The Bright Side of AI

Alan Ruby, MD

Using Data to Catch Problems Early

How operational safety nets can turn practice data into early warnings for workflow and reimbursement issues.

Bill James, MHA, COE

Retina Imaging: How To Avoid Denials and Audit Risks

This article reviews common reasons why retina imaging claims may be denied or audited and documentation best practices to help reduce these risks.

Matthew Baugh, MHA, COT, OCS, OCSR

Verify Then Trust: Using AI in Retina Coding

This framework can help ensure accuracy and consistency when integrating AI into retina coding and billing workflows.

Matthew Baugh, MHA, COT, OCS, OCSR

Life Insurance: Term Versus Permanent

This primer explains the different approaches and when one might work better than the other.

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason O’Dell, MS, CWM

The Economics Of Care

Alan Ruby, MD

Managing Without Copay Assistance Programs

Here's what happened with Good Days, and how you can adjust in your clinic.

Michael M. Lai, MD, PhD

Using E/M and Eye Visit Codes When Surgical Reimbursement Declines

These strategies can help you determine which code to use.

Matthew Baugh, MHA, COT, OCS, OCSR

Prior Authorization Burden for Anti-VEGF Therapies

The prior authorization process can be costly and time-consuming for patients and retina specialists.

Ella Leung, MD; Saira Khanna, MD; Michael M. Lai, MD, PhD; Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, FASRS, FACS; J. Michael Jumper, MD; Jill Blim, MS; and Sabin Dang, MD

Using Data Monitoring to Drive Practice Success

The process involves more than crunching numbers.

Tonya LaRue, MBA

A Review of Cash Value Life Insurance

Key success factors every retina specialist should understand.

Jason O’Dell, MS, CWM, and David Mandell, JD, MBA

Using Category III Codes

Five tips to help improve accuracy, payment, and compliance.

Matthew Baugh, MHA, COT, OCS, OCSR

The Nuances of Hiring an Associate

This broad overview of metrics and considerations can help you bring an associate into a growing retina practice.

David Chin Yee, MD

Medically Unlikely Edits in Retina Coding

Understand how these limits on reimbursement may affect your claims.

Matthew Baugh, MHA, COT, OCS, OCSR, and Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

The Right Team at the Right Time

Alan Ruby, MD

Driving Change with Data

Katherine E. Talcott, MD, and Matthew A. Cunningham, MD, FASRS

Retina Coding Crash Course

This outline will help you begin to master this necessary skill.

Justin C. Muste, MD, and Omesh P. Gupta, MD, MBA