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Today I had a great discussion with Dr. Anthony Podany.  Dr. Podany is not an optometrist, he is a clinical and research pharmacologist at Nebraska Medicine who specializes in HIV and Tuberculosis treatments.  I have wanted to have Tony on since I originally conceived of starting a podcast because of my deep fascination with the health and social implications of HIV.  We discussed historical, current and future HIV treatments and how that impacts clinical and social aspects of the disease.  Understanding Dr. Podany’s perspective has really helped me serve my patients better and I hope it does for you as well!

My guests today are Bill Walsh & Tim Floyd from ABB Optical Group. After some of my conversations with Tom Quinn and Drew Bateman, I reached out to Bill and Tim because they have a unique perspective in helping doctors evaluate the opportunity in their practice with:

• Soft contact lenses

ABB is a Vision Source Vendor and we had a great discussion about how we can start contact lens discussions with patients that build the medical side of our practices and how that translates into overall practice growth.

Today I had a great discussion with my good friends Drs. Darren Wright and Rusty Crotty.  We discussed:

• Gradifi

Additional resources from the show:

• 5 Dysfunctions of a Team

Today I had a great discussion with Dr. Jason “JT” Tu.  TY serves as the Vision Source Co-Administrator of San Diego and he is the president-elect of the California Optometric Association.   I always enjoy speaking with JT and today's conversation was no different.  We discussed immigration, association involvement, and building tight-knit communities!  JT is doing big things in our profession and you can see why when you understand his history! 

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Today I had a great discussion with my good friend Dr. Drew Bateman.  If you don’t know Drew, he is the president-elect of the Nebraska Optometric Association and has built a highly successful practice in Lincoln Nebraska.   We spoke about how we have discussions with our patients on PD and online glasses, in addition, we talked about secret societies in optometry and our new upcoming podcast, that explores critical events and pivotal people in our profession!

Today I had an awesome discussion with Dr. Tom Quinn about Contact lenses in general, but Dr. Quinn was a principal investigator of CRT lenses and so our conversation naturally drifted to orthokeratology, myopia control, and Brien Holden who was a mentor of Dr. Quinn’s.  He shared some important pearls on implementation, patient conversations and provided clear direction on the insurance implications of fitting orthokeratology that was hugely helpful!

Dr. Jeff Hilovsky and I discuss the impact that his leadership work has had on his community.  Our larger discussion today is on the impact he has had on ACO relationships in his region and what we can learn to apply locally.  Jeff practices in Delaware and he is retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Colonel and Commander of the 512 Aerospace Medicine Squadron.  He is a past President of the Delaware Board of Optometry, a past President of the Delaware Optometric Association.   

Show links:

1. Fire Your Doctor

Today I had a discussion with Dr. David Caban, the Vision Source Director of Managed Care Initiatives for the North East.  David has a long history in our profession of moving the ball forward so patients have access to the breadth of services we provide.  We discussed the evolution of the Vision Source and SNE-PTN Relationship, and how optometry evolves to play a larger role in demonstrable, high quality, cost-efficient health care.

Michael Steinkrauss is the Associate Director of Transformation at the Southern New England Practice Transformation Network.  We spoke about how our Vision Source offices have been able to show CMS the value of the services and what this means for the future.  We also discussed interoperability, alternative payment models and the unique position both locally and nationally that Vision Source practices are in to continue to grow in the future. Enjoy!

Part 2: Dr. Pete Kehoe is a past president of the AOA, practice owner and Vision Source member.  We discuss challenges and opportunities for our profession, strategies for being effective leaders of our practices and time management among many other things.  This discussion is broken down into 2 parts.