’18 VCD EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Join us at Embassy Suites on the Kansas City Plaza December 7th & 8th, 2018. Your participation in VCD grants you access to a fantastic meeting with eight hours of COPE approved continuing education, a $99 hotel room subsidy, and free lenses from VCD Labs!
SPEAKERS
JOHN RUMPAKIS, OD, MBA
JEFFRY GERSON, OD
AGENDA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
1:00 PM
The Four Pillars of Compliance
Speaker: John Rumpakis, OD, MBA
The legalities of creating and maintaining a medical record are a complex mix of regulations, contractual requirements, and ethical obligations. Many may not understand that there are specific laws that govern how a medical record is created and maintained, and penalties associated with violations can be as significant as imprisonment and loss of license to practice. Understanding the areas of greatest vulnerability in creating the medical record and how to create and maintain one properly is essential to clinical practice today.
| COPE ID: 55857-EJ |
Category: Ethics/Jurisprudence |
Total CE Length: 2 Hours |
3:00 PM
The Independent Practice In The World Of Health Care Reform
Speaker: John Rumpakis, OD, MBA
The world of healthcare is undergoing a major transformation unlike any that has been seen within the last generation. Yet opportunities exist sound optometric practices are able to capture and retain income from many different sources. This 2-hour interactive program will help the ECP to not only understand the gravitational forces that are pulling their practice in multiple directions, but know how to posture their practice for success in the healthcare system of the future which means today.
| COPE ID: 48285-EJ |
Category: Ethics/Jurisprudence |
Total CE Length: 2 Hours |
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8
9:00 AM
Retinal Findings with Systemic Disease
Speaker: Jeffry Gerson, OD
In order to best care for patients, we must be aware of systemic affects on the eyes. This course will discuss systemic diseases that affect the retina. Not only will we discuss the retinal findings, but the systemic implications and appropriate treatments or referrals.
| COPE ID: 51988-SD |
Category: Systemic/Ocular Disease |
Total CE Length: 2 Hours |
11:00 AM
VCD Review
Updates on the vision plan built by optometrists, for optometrists. Hear all about what we’ve been doing to build the vision plan that pays you better – including our successes, our challenges and our plans for the future.
12:00 PM
Lunch
Get a free lunch, courtesy of VCD. We’ll use this time to share the latest news from VCD Labs and its fulfillment manufacturer Rochester Optical. Also available during this time will be exciting demonstrations of Rochester Optical’s cutting edge developments in virtual reality and augmented reality.
1:00 PM
AMD Through Your Patients’ Eyes
Speaker: Jeffry Gerson, OD, MBA
It is not only important that we understand the pathology behind and treatment of age related macular degeneration, but we also need to be able to be sensitive to our patient’s needs. This course will cover how things look to patients and what they go through during their journey with AMD. How tests look to them and what things mean to them will be discussed and an attempt will be made to illustrate a patient’s perspective and point of view.
| COPE ID: 57615-PS |
Category: Trt/Mngmnt Posterior Segment |
Total CE Length: 1 Hour |
2:00 PM
The Art of Optometry
Speaker: Jeffry Gerson, OD, MBA
This course will discuss the importance of optometry beyond the science. Art is needed in practicing optometry to its fullest extent, and this course will discuss the importance of the art of optometry and how to practice our profession to its fullest.
| COPE ID: 51867-GO |
Category: General Optometry |
Total CE Length: 1 Hour |
HOTEL
EMBASSY SUITES ON THE PLAZA
December is the perfect time of year to stay at the renown Embassy Suites on the Kansas City Plaza. Come see the Plaza lights and do some last minute shopping… after class is over of course.
GET A $99 ROOM SUBSIDY!
Must have paid your $77 conference registration fee. Credit will be applied to your final room bill at checkout.
(555) 879-1234
GET IN ON THE ACTION!
High quality continuing education, $99 off your hotel stay, free lenses from VCD Labs… all for just $77!