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Eye care professionals and wizards of the eye industry discuss business, innovation, tech, marketing, glasses, contact lenses, clinical info, and hot topics to make businesses thrive in the opportunistic market we operate in. Learn new skills and adopt new ideas to implement in your workplace today to stay 5 years ahead of the competition.
Try Not To Blink is a podcast about the ups and downs, ins and outs, news, tips and tricks of those who live the optometry lifestyle.
Welcome to WO Voices, a podcast series from Women In Optometry, featuring women ODs and others who talk about some aspect of practice, business, career choices, family, volunteer interests, leadership in the profession and more. Hosted by WO editor Marjolijn Bijlefeld, WO Voices is a chance to share ideas within the WO community and beyond. It’s another platform to bring women’s voices in the profession to the fore. If you’d like to join us on a podcast episode, we’d love to hear from you.
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The Naked Eye Podcast: Exploring Natural Alternatives to Glasses, Contacts, and Surgeries
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The Naked Eye Podcast: Exploring Natural Alternatives to Glasses, Contacts, and Surgeries
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The Naked Eye Podcast is a show designed to help people learn how to see clearly with the naked eye. No glasses, no contacts, no laser eye surgeries… just natural vision improvement. Together we’ll explore the holistic side of eyecare and how natural alternatives like the Bates Method, Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork and more can give you healthier eyes, which leads to better eyesight and insight. Nathan Oxenfeld will be teaching you natural vision tips and vision enhancement practices, coverin ...
Hosted by Ballston BID CEO, Tina Leone, the BallstonConnect Podcast focuses on the hyper-local. Each episode features exclusive interviews with Arlington’s brightest personalities. New episodes will be released monthly, each one with an emphasis on a different facet of life in Ballston.
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This podcast discusses all things about health, Ayurveda, lifestyle, relationship, diet and remedies. Source website: https://easyayurveda.com
Review of Optometric Business is an online publication designed to provide the optometrist with a tool set to manage and grow the practice as a business.
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Dr. Christine Cook and Dr. Michelle Cooper: SECO Prepares for the Future
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For the first time in SECO's 100-year history this year, an outgoing female president will hand the gavel to an incoming female president. SECO President Christine Cook, OD, FAAO, and President-elect Michelle Cooper, OD, talk about the changing demographics of the profession, the need for representative leadership and how SECO is revitalizing its l…
Join Wendy Buchanan, Owner of Perceptions Eyewear Inc. and the creator of the Be Spectacular Eyewear Styling System, as she shares her proven strategy that will make your patients feel special and makes your practice stand out.
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Christine Howard: A Smooth Handoff Between OD and Optical
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Christine Howard, a licensed dispensing optician and optical manager at Eyes on Plainville, in Plainville, Massachusetts, details how this practice has created a superior handoff process. From practice goals on optical metrics, learning from EssilorLuxottica representatives and leaning into brand recommendations in the exam room, Howard shares tips…
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How TransitionsⓇ Lenses Help with Light Sensitivity — The Patient’s Perspective
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In today’s society, patients are surrounded by glare and discomfort with light. What solutions are you providing for those patients? To address this problem, Dr. Darryl Glover sat down with Guadalupe Leon, a light-sensitive patient, to discuss her light-sensitivity experience as a teenager and how TransitionsⓇ helped change her experience with ligh…
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Rethinking your hiring process to reduce costs and increase per patient revenue with Ankit Patel
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Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Ankit Patel. Ankit and I chat about how he and his wife have taken delegation and outsourcing in their practice to a whole new level by building part of their team overseas in the Philippines. We talk about their path through practice ownership and how they keep a pulse around thei…
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Medical Insurance Verification Training | Process and Systems
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE: What a copay, deductible, co-insurance and out-of-pocket maximums are Examples of how to read insurance cards Examples of how to calculate what a patient owes at a visit Asking for payment from patients Collecting insurance info ahead of visit tips HOW TO BULK VERIFY INSURANCE AND AVOID PAYER WEBSITES: E…
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Dr. Cheryl Chapman and Dr. Cristina De La Pena: An Annual Meeting That Empowers
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Vision Source members Cheryl Chapman, OD, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Cristina De La Pena, OD, of Houston, Texas, are headed for the annual Vision Source meeting, The Exchange, in April. Dr. Chapman has been going for years, while Dr. De La Pena went for the first time in 2022, shortly after joining Vision Source. Both go to learn and exchange ideas - …
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The Most Profitable Mode of Practice is Not What You Think
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A good understanding of where your Practice is making money and the costs associated with running a business are important for long-term success. Join Bethany as she shares insights, lessons learned, and tools to improve practice profitability.
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Understanding the relationship between multiples and risk when buying or selling a practice
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Understanding the relationship between business risk and the multiples that are paid on practices is important for anyone that's buying or selling a practice to understand. In this episode, I'll discuss how multiples are calculated, the different ways we can think about risk when it comes to investing, and why it's important to make sure that you'r…
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Optometry Podcast: 2022 Optometry News Recap with Drs. Jaclyn Garlich, Jennifer Lyerly, and Darryl Glover
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Drs. Darryl Glover, Jennifer Lyerly and Jaclyn Garlich. Let’s PODCAST PARTY! The dynamic trio, Jaclyn Garlich, Jennifer Lyerly, and Darryl Glover, recap 2022 and share their vision for 2023.By Dr. Darryl Glover
Jimmy and Roya speak with Dr. Courtney Melchione this week on Try Not 2 Blink. Dr. Melchione is the amazing Optometrist that patient Marko Coady spoke of during the last episode of 2022. We had to go full circle to speak with the Doctor about how she makes such a difference in her patients' lives. Listen to her journey through optometry school, two…
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Measuring and improving productivity in your practice with Dr. Steve Vargo, OD
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Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Steve Vargo, OD with IDOC. Steve joins me back on the show to talk about the idea of employee productivity and how that translates into the overall success of the practice. We bifurcate this topic by first talking about associate vs owner productivity and steps that an owner ca…
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Dr. Kiran Ramesh, Neuro-visual Optometrist, Clinic Owner, Speaker, Consultant, and Coach Meet Dr. Kiran Ramesh: Dr. Kiran Ramesh lives her life based on four main values, love, connect, inspire, and empower. She connects with patients, her team, colleagues, and the industry to better understand their goals. She inspires and empowers all to discover…
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Vision Plan Basic Training: Guide for Beginners
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The hardest thing to train is vision plans. It's a foreign language. This episode guides you on how to speak to patients in simple terms, lookup benefits, interpret and price, and tips and tricks to have office efficiency. This was originally a webinar so watch the YouTube replay here for best experience. Training resources created for this event: …
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Arlington Chamber of Commerce: Kate Bates, CEO
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2023 marks the 99th year of operations for the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, an incredible asset and perennial keystone of Arlington’s business community. In addition to providing invaluable resources, programs, and advocacy benefitting its hundreds of member organizations - the Chamber has evolved over nearly a century to meet a diverse array of …
Building the right culture takes time and thought, and frankly, it’s not a one-size-fits-all deal! Today Dr. Jennifer shares how important culture is in her practice and how she succeeds.
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Dr. Karla Zadnik: Leader, Educator, Children's Vision Advocate and Quilter
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Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, is dean of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. In this WO Voices podcast, she talks about the career choices she's made, balancing marriage, motherhood and an impressive legacy of research, writing and inspiring students -- as well as her love for quilting, her creative outlet. Hear her describe her influences and…
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Eye Care Shenanigans: Induced Astigmatism, LASIK, Aspheric Spectacles Lenslet, Narrow Angles, and More Eye Care News
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By Dr. Darryl Glover
This week on Try Not 2 Blink, Jimmy and Roya have fellow podcaster, speaker, and founder of Augmented Vision Labs, Dr. Fayiz Mahgoub. Listen as he shares his journey to America and his passion for optometry as he shares how he gives back during his career and what inspired him to invent the S5 inserter and the S5 mini. SOURCES Dr Fayiz Mahgoub Link…
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3 financial lessons learned from my grandpa and grandma that can shape your relationship with money
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On this episode, I wanted to share a bit of a personal story about 3 lessons that I learned from my grandparents that have in large part shaped the money story and lessons that have guided my financial journey and how I view and use money money in my life. I hope this conversations gives you a benchmark and different viewpoint to compare your own m…
We discuss digital, print and internal marketing to attract dry eye sufferers to our clinics. Everything from IG reel videos to paid Google AdWords and direct mail. You can't always rely on the butts in the chair to feed your dry eye business. Join the live show on Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET. Register here: https://dryeyehive.com/ YouTube replays Spon…
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The 4 Eyed Professor: Managing Light Part Two
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Your inner voice can be either a powerful stepping stone or a major obstacle to reaching your goals. Our first episode for 2023 with Kim Boudreau Smith, Leadership and Speaking Coach, talks about how you can conquer your inner critic, strengthen your real self, and fuel your success.
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Hire a remote receptionist | 2-location Costco owner
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How to implement a remote receptionist. Dr Dawn Kaplan, a 2-location Costco owner, describes her experience having staffing issues and then hiring remotely. She hired Lorenta, an experienced optician from South Africa to answer calls for both of her locations. Learn why hiring through Eye Help You can alleviate many of your short staffing issues. H…
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OptoCribs: How to Open a Private Practice in Eye Care with Drs. Kriti Bhagat & Inna Lazar
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Are you interested in opening a private practice? How does one start? How do you find the right location? How many exam lanes do you need? How much inventory should you have? Dr. Kriti Bhagat and Dr. Inna Lazar share their blueprint for opening their private practice.By Dr. Darryl Glover
It’s a New Year! Tune in as Jimmy and Roya reminisce about their 2022 resolutions and hear their goals for 2023. They continue the episode with private practice owner, engaging speaker, and glaucoma specialist Dr. Michael Cymbor. Listen as he shares his knowledge and tidbits on nerve fiber defects (NFL). SOURCES Dr Mike Cymbor: LinkedIn Nittany Eye…
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Making sense of your practice financials (profit/loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statement) with Nathan Hayes of IDOC
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Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Nathan Hayes with IDOC. Nathan joins me back on the show to have a continued dialogue about what it means to not only look at but actually use your practice financials to make good business decisions. In our conversation, we talk about the 7 key areas of expenses in an optometric p…
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Outsourcing vision plan claims (exams, glasses, cls)
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Learn how an optician in South Africa remotely helps a 4+ location office in Florida sumbit ALL their vision plan claims for exams, Rx glasses, contacts, and more. Nightly, she logs into VSP, Eyemed, etc to submit the claims and communicate back to the office if she has any questions. It frees up opticians in office to cater towards patient facing …
We have a very special episode today as we continue our series on being grateful for scleral lenses this month. Jimmy and Roya speak with patient Marko Coady on his inspiring scleral lens journey on how scleral lenses have impacted his life. SOURCES Marko Coady: LinkedIn Specialty Eye Care Dr Courtney Melchione Valley Contax Vision Project…
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Rewind: Forget goal-setting and focus on purpose: a mindset conversation with Stephanie Bogan
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Welcome to this episode rewind of 20/20 Money! Given that this is the last episode of the year, this is usually when we are thinking about goal setting, and everyone’s schedule is anything but normal being the day after Christmas, I wanted to bring back the conversation that I had with my business coach Stephanie Bogan from the beginning of the yea…
In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld counts down the Top 6 Episodes of The Naked Eye Podcast so far from the past 7 years of the show's history. 6) Episode 6 - 5 Bad Vision Habits You Need to Break [3:18] 5) Episode 31 - My Journey From Blur to Clarity [10:54] 4) Episode 28 - Follow-Along Relaxation Routine [21:00] 3) Ep…
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How much do you want to earn in 2023? Bethany talks about how to use your financial statement to make sure you get there.
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How to fit Multifocal Contact Lens or Monovision Contact Lens?
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In Partnership with Johnson & Johnson Vision Dr. Erin Rueff, Dr. Susan Gromacki, and Dana Devito (Optometry Student) discuss challenges fitting contact lenses, how to be successful with multifocal contacts, and the impact that ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day MULTIFOCAL with PUPIL OPTIMIZED DESIGN has on patients.…
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5 books I recommend OD practice owners read in 2023
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Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! As we approach the end of the year, I thought it would be appropriate to share with you the 5 books I think all OD practice owners should read in 2023, and why I believe they will have a valuable impact on your business. As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visit…
Perry takes the hot seat as Helen Whitaker interviews him about his definition of success, freedom, and business growth. You'll get to hear a more candid side of Perry of his past and current eyecare career from unhappiness to debt to traveling happiness. Interested in mobile optical? Checkout Secure Vision's curriculum Learn about vision plan remo…
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Dry Eye Hive | Ep. 3 | Live with Patients!
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The general public/patients join us this time on Dry Eye Hive from around the world. Listen to patient cases and hear their dry eye journey. We give actionable feedback to patients and guide them towards wellness. Dry Eye Hive is a live dry eye show where "dry eye docs talk shop." Come to engage in a casual townhall style talk show every other Tues…
Alfonso Iovieno, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS In Partnership with Sun Pharma How can optometry and ophthalmology work better together to improve patient outcomes? Corneal specialist Dr. Alfonso Iovieno shares his thoughts on treating dry eye and how these two fields can improve patient outcomes. Dr. Alfonso Iovieno explains the challenge of dry eye having …
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Bonuses, Gifts and Holiday Parties, Oh My!
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What are you planning for your staff this holiday season?
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Embracing the CEO model, delegating responsibility, & strategizing through a changing economy with Nathan Hayes of IDOC
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Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Nathan Hayes of IDOC. Nathan joins me back on the show to talk about a goal that a certain subset of ODs aspire to achieve, and that is to embrace more of a CEO role in their practice and spend more time working ON and OUT of the practice than IN the practice clinically. We talk ab…
Join Jimmy and Roya as they speak with guest Dr. Amanda Dieu, Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine at Casey Eye Institute. Listen as she shares why she chose to attend Optometry School, why she applied for the fellowship at Casey Eye Institute, and what made her fall in love with Oregon. Hear what advice she has for current students and a…
