John Rumpakis, OD, MBA

Enthusiasm regarding the acceleration of technology advances, including retinal monitoring centers, that can be used to help prevent disease progression for patients with eye diseases.

Considerations for using remote monitoring and navigating through the reimbursement process when caring for patients with dry age-related macular degeneration.

What optometrists should know about the American Medical Association’s establishment of 3 new CPT Category III codes to report patient-initiated remote retinal optical coherence tomography scans.

Considerations for more widespread use of retinal monitoring centers based on clinician and patient feedback.

The types of data provided by retinal monitoring centers and how to best utilize information provided to better treat patients who have dry age-related macular degeneration.

An overview of the services provided by retinal monitoring centers, and insight on their use by optometrists who have begun using remote monitoring in their clinical practices.

How data from remote monitoring centers create better opportunities for treating patients with dry age-related macular degeneration.

Considerations for using a remote monitoring system for a patient who is diagnosed with intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration.

An overview of the types of strategies that are currently used to screen patients with dry age-related macular degeneration for signs of disease progression

Strategies that can be applied in clinical practice to educate patients with dry age-related macular degeneration on the importance of routine monitoring to prevent disease progression.

Current practices monitoring patients with age-related macular degeneration and insight on how to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients during routine follow-ups.

A discussion regarding the clinical benefits of diagnosing age-related macular degeneration early.

New technology and management options are going to continue to hit the market. How ODs approach each one of them will determine whether ODs benefit or not.

Medcal coding is one of the most important aspects of an optometry practice, yet it usually gets the least attention.