Business Matters

The Right Team at the Right Time

Alan Ruby, MD

Building Strong Practice Partnerships

Neda Nikpoor, MD, and Neda Shamie, MD

A Review of Cash Value Life Insurance

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

Using Data Monitoring to Drive Practice Success

Tonya LaRue, MBA

Medically Unlikely Edits in Retina Coding

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

The Nuances of Hiring an Associate

David Chin Yee, MD

Provider Websites and Patient Privacy

Nancy L. Perkins, JD, MPP

Control What You Can

Alan Ruby, MD

Four Tactics to Reduce Taxes and Shield Wealth From Liability

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Carole C. Foos, CPA

Beyond the Checklist: Insights For Starting a Retina Practice

Peter Karth, MD, MBA, FASRS, FACS

Using CPT Code 67113 With Confidence

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Negotiating Contracts in Retina

Alan Ruby, MD; Laxmi Devisetty, MD; and Geeta A. Lalwani, MD

QRPs for the Retina Specialist

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Adam Braunscheidel, CFP

Gotta Get Paid

Alan J. Ruby, MD

Bridging the Language Gap in Ophthalmology

Hani El Helwe, MD

Five Tips for Third-Party Payer Contracting

Ashley R. Geary, Esq.

Making a Smooth Transition to Manager

Lee Ann McKinney, COT, OSC, and Valerie Honeycutt, COT

Success Factors for Employed Ophthalmologists

David Mandell, JD, MBA

How to Train Your Scribes

Nikisha Kothari, MD

Right People, Right Seats

Alan J. Ruby, MD

A Cyberattack? Never!

Bill James, MHA, COE

Evaluating Injectables For Your Practice

Mark Kwong, MD

Four Fundamentals for Financial Health

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Adam Braunscheidel, CFP

Digital Fortress

Alan Ruby, MD

Find Your Happy

Alan Ruby, MD

The Effect of Bilateral Rules on Retina Coding

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Finding a New Job: The Midcareer Move

Laxmi Devisetty, MD

Know Your Investment Risk Tolerance

David Mandell, JD, MBA

Social Media and Retina

Henry C. Skrehot, BA; Amer Alsoudi, MD; and Ehsan Rahimy, MD

Advice for Getting Started

Edmund Tsui, MD

Retina Olympians

Alan Ruby, MD

Five Tips for Coding Vitrectomy Surgeries

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

A Guide to Starting Your Own Practice

Debra Phairas, MBA

Navigating the Private Equity Courtship

Tony Sterrett

Prevent a Time Management Avalanche

Elias C. Mavrofrides, MD

Shielding Your Home From Potential Liability

David Mandell, JD, MBA

Eyes on the Prize: Saving Vision

Alan Ruby, MD

How to Avoid Buy-and-Bill Drug Mistakes

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Patient Care in the Age of Private Equity

Jordan Nelson

Cultivate Your Best Practice Culture

John A. Hovanesian, MD

Independent Research Centers: A Viable Career Option

Luke C. Heckmann, BS; Brian B. Berger, MD; and Ivana Gunderson, BS

Five Tools to Build Wealth for a Successful Retirement

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

Build a Bigger, and Better, Practice

Alan Ruby, MD

Coding Essentials to Master Sooner Rather Than Later

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Addressing Space Concerns in the Retina Practice

Larry R. Brooks, AIA

DEI in Clinical Practice

Alex Brodin, MA, Senior Editor

Budgeting for the Retina Practice

Andrew Maller, MBA, COE

Asset Protection: An Ongoing Priority

David Mandell, JD, MBA

Practicing Retina Your Way

Alan Ruby, MD

Prepare Your Practice for GA Reimbursement

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

A Day in the Life: Retina Edition

Adrienne W. Scott, MD; Katherine E. Talcott, MD; Rebecca Soares, MD, MPH; Homayoun Tabandeh, MD, FASRS; Brandon Johnson, MD; Ryan A. Shields, MD; and Alan Ruby, MD

Entrepreneurship Beyond the Office

Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA, MHS

Using Analytics to Drive Practice Success

Jason Handza, DO

Why Time in the Market Matters

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Adam Braunscheidel, CFP

Protect Yourself to Serve Patients

Alan Ruby, MD

Five Tricks of the Retina Coding Trade

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Fatal Health Care IT Decisions to Avoid

Jeffery Daigrepont

Turn Toxic Employees Into Culture Champions

Stephanie Collins, MBA; Melissa Hartig, MHA; and Amanda Turner, COE

Consider Two Assets With Special Tax Benefits

Carole C. Foos, CPA, and David Mandell, JD, MBA

Smarter, Not Harder

Alan Ruby, MD

Harassment and Discrimination in the Retina Practice

Megan E. Gehret, Esq, and Nick R. Masino, Esq

The Why Behind Estate Planning

Carole C. Foos, CPA, and David Mandell, JD, MBA

Cracking the Code: Five Retina Cases to Test Your Knowledge

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

How to Improve Efficiency in Your Retina Practice

Laurie Brown, MBA, COMT, COE, CPC, CPMA, LSSYB, and Elizabeth Monroe, MA, COE, CPSS, PHR

Riding the Private Equity Wave

Alan Ruby, MD

E/M Coding for 2023: What You Need to Know

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

What Is PE and Is It Right For Me?

Dena Jalbert, MBA, CPA

Reduce Overhead Expenses in Your Practice

Debra Phairas, MBA

Three Mistakes to Avoid When Evaluating Advisors

Jason O’Dell, MS, CWM, and Andrew Taylor, CFP

Playing to Win Against Economic Recession Forecasts

Joe Casper, MBA, COE

A Year-End Portfolio Checklist

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Andrew Taylor, CFP

Physician Burnout in Ophthalmology

Jessica A. Sedhom, MS, and Leonard K. Seibold, MD

What Should I Focus On As a Practice Manager?

Michele Simmons

How to Document Injections With Ease

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

From Frazzled to Feng Shui

Alan Ruby, MD

PASSWORD1!

Alan Ruby, MD

How to Ace Internal Chart Audits

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Improving Your Data Security

Jude Brown

Finding and Training Technicians

Jane T. Shuman, MSM, COT, COE, OCS, OSC

Tax-Loss Harvesting: A Timely Strategy

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Adam Braunscheidel, CFP

Money in Motion

Alan J. Ruby, MD

Mastering Modifier -24

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Five Steps for Effective Financial Management

Betsy Dominick, OCSR, and Sara Rapuano, MBA, CPC, OCS

Revenue Cycle Success

Fielding Emmott

Building a Social Media Presence

Chirag J. Patel, MD, FACS

Tips for Long-Term Wealth Management

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Carole C. Foos, CPA

Pandemic Practices

Alan Ruby, MD

Avoiding Claim Denials: ICD-10-CM Rules to Live By

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Tips For Going Solo During a Pandemic

Courtney Crawford, MD, and Shawn Kavoussi, MD

How to Cull Underperforming Staff

John B. Pinto, and Corinne Z. Wohl, MHSA, COE

Considerations For a Sale or Merger

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

No One Is A One-Man-Band

Alan Ruby, MD

How to Identify Medication Coding Errors

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

How to Lighten Your Workload

Maureen Waddle, MBA

Growth Strategies, Part 2: Building the Patient Pipeline

Jim Flynn

The Retirement Red Zone

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Andrew Taylor, CFP

Set Up for Success

Alan Ruby, MD

Lessons Learned From Medicare Audits of Retina Practices

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

A New Physician: Future Friend or Foe?

Debra Phairas

Growth Strategies, Part 1: Differentiate and Flourish

Jim Flynn

Two Investment Options with Upside Potential and Downside Protection

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Robert Peelman, CFP

Waste Not, Want Not

Alan Ruby, MD

Name That Modifier

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Turn Strategic Planning into Strategic Thinking

Sara Burns Rapuano, MBA, CPC, OCS

Implementing A Lean Approach in the Retina Practice

Aneesh Suneja, MBA; Jose Agustin Martinez, MD; and Stephanie Collins Mangham, MBA

How to Boost Deductions with a Cash Balance Plan

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

How To Put Low Interest Rates to Work For You

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

Practice Growth Considerations in Challenging Times

Marie Czenko

Time to Get Out or Grow

Alan J. Ruby, MD

When Multiple Procedures Are Performed in the Same Session

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Making the Leap to Private Equity

David F. Williams, MD, MBA

Latest Trends in Search Engine Optimization

Crawford Ifland

Go with the Flow

Alan J. Ruby, MD

Retina Practice Implementation Checklist for 2021 E/M Guidelines

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Maximize Your Practice With Digital Tools

Paul Lucas, MSHA, and Daniel Schroder, MBA

Navigating COVID-19 and the Seas of Change

John B. Pinto, and Corinne Z. Wohl, MHSA, COE

2020 Year-End Tax Tips

Carole C. Foos, CPA

Taking a Breather

Alan J. Ruby, MD

E/M Coding and Documentation Guidelines for 2021

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Strategies to Avoid Burnout

John B. Pinto, and Corinne Z. Wohl, MHSA, COE

Joining a New Practice

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

Starting a Not-for-Profit Resource for Students

David Xu, MD

Preparing for Targeted Retina Audits

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Business Survival Through the COVID-19 Crisis

Bruce Maller

Protecting Against Malpractice Liability: A Three-Part Solution

David Mandell, JD, MBA

Telemedicine in the Age of COVID-19

Nikola Ragusa, MD

Retina Coding Questions From the Mailbag

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Entrepreneurship in Retina: Where to Start

Moderated by Namrata Saroj, OD with Darius M. Moshfeghi, MD; Rishi P. Singh, MD; and Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD

Long-Term Care Planning for Physicians and their Families

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

Perfecting Medication Revenue Cycle Management

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Medicolegal Implications of Off-Label Drug Use

Alan J. Ruby, MD

Consolidation in Ophthalmology: Viewing Private Equity in a Different Light

Steven Madreperla, MD, PHD

Fraud and Abuse: A New Focus on Physicians

An Interview With Allison W. Shuren, JD, by Rochelle Nataloni, Contributing Writer

2019 Year-End Tax Planning Tips

Carole C. Foos, CPA, and David Mandell, JD, MBA

Become a Master of Retina Coding

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

The Contrasts Between Managing and Leading

Corinne Z. Wohl, MHSA, COE, and John B. Pinto

Making Use of Big Data

Cristy Good, MPH, MBA, CPC, CMPE

The Advisor Advantage

Bob Peelman, CFP, and David Mandell, JD, MBA

ICD-10 Coding for Uveitis

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Cybersecurity for the Ophthalmic Practice

Crawford Ifland

How to Maximize Your Medical Practice Operations to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

Kenneth T. Hertz, FACMPE

Using Qualified and Nonqualified Plans to Reach Retirement Goals

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Carole C. Foos, CPA

Coding for Extended Ophthalmoscopy

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

Protecting Your Online Reputation

Ravi D. Goel, MD

Running an Efficient Practice

Larry R. Brooks

Step Therapy in 2019 and Beyond

George A. Williams, MD

Vital Information to Know About Testing Services

Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

How to Build a Practice Brand

Crawford Ifland

Ensuring Insurance

Jason O’Dell, MS, CWM; Carole C. Foos, CPA; and Michael Lewellen, CFP

First-Time House-Buying Pearls

Nicholas Farber, MD

Shielding Your Wealth From Liability

David Mandell, JD, MBA

Ten Financial Pearls for New Attendings

Jayanth Sridhar, MD, and Chirag Shah, MD, MPH

Curing Claim Denials

Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, OCSR

Tips for Hiring and Firing Employees

Kleber Geovanny Cabrera, BS, and Rohit Ross Lakhanpal, MD, FACS

The New Face of Board Certification

Andreas K. Lauser, MD

Retina Coding FAQs

Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, OCSR

Understanding RVUs in Retinal Care

George A. Williams, MD

Solving the Staffing Equation

Andrew Maller, MBA, COE

2018 Regulatory Relief

George A. Williams, MD

How to Trigger Your Own Audit

Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS

Time for a Change?

Richard A. Garfinkel, MD, and Reginald J. Sanders, MD

Reinforcing Referrals

Geeta Lalwani, MD

Tips to Maximize Your Financial Planning

David Mandell, JD, MBA, and Robert Peelman, CFP