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What is the Optometric Recognition Award All About?

New Members

Calendar of Events

Optometric Society Reports

Happy Holidaysfrom the Missouri Optometric AssociationThe Missouri Optometric Association would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family the best and brightest of holiday seasons.

We also want to thank everyone who has supported MOA during 2008 by serving on a committee, taking a leadership committee, and most especially by attending MOA events on the state and local levels.

As you update your calendars for 2009, please take note of the following upcoming MOA sponsored events, especially the all-important legislative conference set for the end of January. (See Legislative Conference, page 4)

MOA events for 2009 include:

• January 15-20 —Spring CE Grand Lido Braco, Jamaica

• January 25-26—MOA Legislative Conference Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, Missouri

• May 29-31—MOA Leadership Retreat Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, Missouri

• October 1-4—MOA Annual Convention Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, Missouri

For more events, visit the MOA Calendar on page 16 of this issue of VISION.

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President’s Message

Let me take this opportunity to wish you and yours a beautiful holiday season and a new year filled with joy as you serve others, both in your practice and in your communities.

When the holidays roll around, our thoughts often turn to gifts and gift-giving. As president of the Missouri Optometric Association, I would personally like to thank you for your gift of membership in this fine organization that promotes our chosen profession—optometry. I would also like to thank you for the gift of your continuing support of the MOA during 2008.

If you’re a new member or a member who hasn’t been very active over the past several years; I encourage you to invest, or reinvest, inyour MOA membership in 2009. You will not regret it.

One great place to begin is coming up at the end of January--our annual legislative conference. I can’t stress strongly enough how important this event is to our profession. Dr. Marcus Piccolo will be presenting Technology in Eyecare: Keeping Optometry in the Game and Dawn Cain from MOHealthnet Provider Education will be talking to the Paraoptometrics about filing Medicaid claims and what to do when you encounter problems.

Every two years a new crop of faces appears in the Missouri State Legislature, new representatives or new senators who are coming to Jefferson City for the first time as lawmakers. It is our responsibility to educate these men and women about eye care and the profession of optometry so that when legislation arises that concernsthese issues, our legislators can make informed and educated decisions.

Over the years, MOA has built a strong grassroots level network with our legislators.

Having a good working relationship with your representative and senator is vital to your practice and the practice of optometry in Missouri. If you haven’t met your representative and senator, the legislative conference is a wonderful time to make their acquaintance. If your representative or senator is newly elected, be sure to introduce (or reintroduce) yourself and let him or her you would be willing to serveas a source of health care information.

So if you haven’t already registered for the MOA Legislative conference, please do. I’ll be looking for you at the Capitol!

Wes Kemp, O.D., MOA President

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2009 Legislative Conference

Members of the Missouri Optometric Association have worked diligently to create a unique day of events for you at this year’s MOA Legislative Conference. It will include an opportunity to meet with the key legislative influencers figures and people who set legislative policy priorities for our profession. With health care reform and economical issues affecting state policies it is vital to our profession to have a strong showing at this year’s Legislative Conference.

The 2009 MOA legislative conference will be January 26, 2009, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City! The Legislative Conference will Kick-off on Monday morning with a special breakfast. We will start the morning off at 7:45am with the MOPAC breakfast which is open to all attendees. Dr. Larry Snider, our MOPAC chair along with Reps. Tilley and Swinger will start the program off discussing the importance of PAC donations.

The educational program will start at 9:00am with Dr. Marcus Piccolo presenting Technology in Eyecare: Keeping Optometry in the Game. Dr. Piccolo is from Houston TX and has been extremely active in the Texas Optometric Association, and is currently serving on their legal and legislative committee.

For the Paraoptometics, there will be a presentation from Dawn Cain, from MOHealthnet provider education. She will cover filing Medicaid claims, solving problems, and answering questions.

The education will be followed by a panel discussion on the implementation of the Children’s Vision Law. Jill Phillips, RN, school nurse from Odessa will be there to share the outcomes achieved by her school district. And the luncheon will feature a keynote speaker followed by reports from our governmental consultants and other legislative speakers, who will give us a glimpse of what they think 2009 will offer.

After delivering our famous cinnamon rolls at the capitol, the evening will conclude with a reception for the legislators.

We encourage you to invite a young optometrist to attend this year’s conference. Participation by future leaders of our profession is key to maintaining a strong position in Jefferson City and a strong MOA. With your participation, this year’s conference will be better than ever.

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Don’t miss the 48th annual Contact Lens & Primary Care Congress. Hear some of the biggest names in optometric education:

• Dr. Rex Ballinger • Dr. Marc Bloomenstein • Dr. Ernie Bowling • Dr. Chuck Brownlow • Dr. Jeff Gerson • Dr. Mindy Gordon • Dr. Tim Harkins • Dr. Jeff Miller • Dr. Bruce Onofrey • Dr. Thomas Quinn • Dr. Stuart Richer • Dr. Christine W. Sindt • Mr. Alex Yoho • Ms. Valerie Manso • Ms. Kathryn Gross-Edelman • Mr. Todd Hasselius • Ms. Carol Schartner • Ms. Jill Luebbert

Join the enthusiasm in the exhibit hall and don’t miss the best exhibiting and education the Midwest has to offer. Plus, there will be drawings for more than $15,000 in prizes and gift certificates.

For more information visit www.hoacls.org.

Please direct any questions to Steve L. Smith, O.D., Director of Registration at 918/341-8211 or by emailing registration@hoacls.org

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Internet-Based Medicare Enrollment Now Available

Now there’s a better way for physicians and non-physician practitioners to enroll or make a change in their Medicare enrollment information. The Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) will allow physicians and non-physician practitioners to enroll, make a change in their Medicare enrollment, view their Medicare enrollment information on file with Medicare, and check on the status of a Medicare enrollment application via the Internet.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Internet-based PECOS is available to physicians and non-physician practitioners in District of Columbia and the following States:

• Delaware • Maryland • Idaho • Michigan * Illinois • New Jersey * Iowa • North Carolina * Kansas • Pennsylvania * Minnesota • Tennessee * Missouri • Wisconsin * Nebraska

Physicians and non-physician practitioners in the District of Columbia and the States showed above who wish to access Internet-based PECOS may go to: https://pecos.cms.hhs.gov.

CMS will expand the availability of Internet-based PECOS for physicians and non-physician practitioners to all States over the next 2 months. In addition, CMS will make Internet-based PECOS available next year to all providers and suppliers (except durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) suppliers).

See Internet Medicare, page 13

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What is the Optometric Recognition Award All About?

The Optometric Recognition Award is designed to recognize and stimulate doctors of optometry in their continuing education efforts with the objectives of maintaining and improving the quality of optometric care.

The initial award requirements are the satisfactory completion of 150 credit hours of continuing education over a three consecutive year period prior to the award year. However, the award requirements may be completed in less time.

Transcript quality courses offered by an accredited institution of higher learning will be given double credit hours for ORA purposes upon successful completion of the course and exam. Verification from the provider is required.

The enrollment fee is $40 to cover direct costs for the ORA Award Certificate and office procedures. Five categories, designed to cover a variety of learning experiences, are approved for the Award.

• CATEGORY 1 requires a minimum of 90 hours for courses taken from AOA Approved Providers. All 150 hours may be taken in Category 1.

• CATEGORY 2 is for courses taken from non-approved providers (that is, not on the AOA list of Approved Providers), and has a maximum limit of 30 hours for the three years.

• CATEGORY 3 is for optometric formal and informal teaching; limit – 30 hours.• CATEGORY 4 is for writing and presenting papers, publications, books and

lectures; limit – 25 hours.• CATEGORY 5 is for non-supervised individual optometric continuing

education; limit – 25 hours.

All enrollees will receive a record-keeping form that is easy to use in logging their hours.

Continued ORA, page 15

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Optometric Society Reports

Central Missouri Optometric SocietyTrustee: Jeffrey M. Gamble, O.D.

No Report Available

Greater Ozark Optometric SocietyTrustee: Scott M. Burks, O.D.

GOOS has been idle since our legislative thank you dinner in October. However, we have a business meeting schedule for December 15th at Mr. Yen’s restaurant in Springfield, MO.

Hope to see everyone at the Legislative Convention in January.

Kansas City Optometric SocietyTrustee: John Gelvin, O.D., F.A.A.O.

The December meeting of the KCOS was held in the banquet room of the Hereford House.

This was our grand “Christmas Meeting!” The December meeting was graciously attended and sponsored by Sutherlin Optical. We had many guest speakers come to the event. Dr. Gary Robins, Executive Director of the KOA, gave us a complete Kansas update. We were glad to hear that there are so many positive things happening in Kansas. Dr. Wes Kemp, our current MOA President, and Dr. LeeAnn Barrett, our New Executive Director, were present to give us the Missouri update.

We will be meeting in January primarily to discuss our society Bylaws. It should be an eventful meeting on January 5th. We are encouraging all society members to attend the MOA Legislative event coming up in January.

Northeast Optometric SocietyTrustee: Mindy Blackford, O.D.

The Northeast Optometric Society met on Thursday, Dec 4, at Moberly Eye Center. During the meeting we reviewed the Convention and discussed the upcoming Legislative Conference.

We were able to tour Dr. Whitson’s new office. Our next planned meeting is in February with date and location to be announced.11

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Society Reports, continued from page 11

Southeast Optometric SocietyTrustee: James Hunt, O.D.

We have completed an internet society survey. Members of the SEOS were invited to log on and offer opinions and answer questions. The goal of the survey is to find out what our S.E. Society leadership could do differently to better serve its membership. A big thanks to Dr. Scott McDougal for his work on this project. Results will be made available to the SEOS membership at our January meeting.

The business conducted at our last society meeting was the election of officers for the upcoming year. The SEOS President is Dr. Ken Detring of Jackson, MO. Our Vice-President is Dr. Kayce Strohmeyer of Cape Girardeau, MO. Our Secretary/Treasurer is Dr. Dan Obermark from Sikeston, MO. The MOA Trustee is Dr. James Hunt of Doniphan, MO.

Many of our SEOS members will be traveling to Jefferson City in January for the MOA Legislative Conference. The SEOS membership has shown good attendance in the past, and we hope everyone will continue to support this important event.

Southwest Optometric SocietyTrustee: Erica Burton, O.D.

Our last meeting was our Christmas Party with society members and their spouses, held on December 10, 2008. It was well attended and everyone enjoyed getting together and visiting.

There was no society business discussed at this holiday event. The SWMOS would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday season. They would also like to encourage everyone to attend the MOA Legislative Conference in January of 2009.

St. Louis Optometric SocietyTrustee: Jeffrey L. Weaver, O.D. | Associate Trustee: Thomas J. Cullinane, O.D.

No Report Available

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Society Reports, continued from page 12

West Central Optometric SocietyTrustee: Jason Lake, O.D.

The West Central Optometric Society did not meet during the last period due to the holidays.

However, it is requested that all West Central Optometric Society members attend the MOA Legislative Conference in January at Jefferson City, Missouri.

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Internet Medicare, from page 8

By submitting the initial Medicare enrollment application through Internet-based PECOS, a physician or non-physician practitioner’s enrollment application can be processed as much as 50 percent faster than by paper. This means that it will take less time to enroll.

Physicians and non-physician practitioners are required by regulation to report certain changes in their enrollment information within specified timeframes. Internet-based PECOS will allow them to update, make corrections, and check on the status of their Medicare enrollment applications —again, as much as 50 percent faster than by paper. Changes include a change in practice location, ownership, or final adverse action (e.g., medical license suspension or revocation.) For additional information about the types of changes that must be reported, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll.

Internet-based PECOS meets all required Government security standards in terms of data entry, data transmission, and the electronic storage of Medicare enrollment information. Only authorized individuals can enter enrollment information into PECOS or view PECOS data from the Internet. Authorized individuals include physicians and non-physician practitioners. Their User IDs and passwords protect the access to their enrollment information. After physicians or non-physician practitioners create User IDs and passwords or change their passwords, they should keep this information secure and not share it with anyone. By safeguarding their User IDs and passwords, they are taking an important step in protecting their enrollment information. CMS does not disclose Medicare enrollment information to anyone except when we are authorized or required to do so by law.

For information about Internet-based PECOS, including important information that physicians and non-physician practitioners should know before submitting a Medicare enrollment application via Internet-based PECOS, go to: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll.

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Welcome New Members

The Missouri Optometric Association is pleased to welcome the following new members. Please introduce yourself the next time you see them at an MOA sponsored event!

• Melanie J. Frogozo, O.D.

• Clint M. Wolk, O.D.

• Sara M. Pyatt, O.D.

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ORA, from page 10

When 150 or more hours have been accumulated and all requirements met, upon submitting the Award Request Form, you will receive an ORA Award Certificate, suitable for display. A Recognition Ceremony is held annually at Optometry’s Meeting™ House of Delegates.

All qualifiers may continue in the program on a year-to-year basis for $20 each year.

Participation in the ORA program will help you in meeting the challenge of the growing need to provide quality vision care for your patients.

To enroll, download the application, complete it, and mail it with your check today!

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2009

January 15-20Spring CEGrand Lido Braco, Jamaica

January 25-26MOA Legislative ConferenceCapitol Plaza HotelJefferson City, Missouri

February 13-15Heart of America Contact Lens SocietyKansas City, Missouri

May 29-31MOA Leadership RetreatLodge of the Four SeasonsLake Ozark, Missouri

June 24-28Optometry’s Meeting™Washington, D.C.

October 1-4MOA Annual ConventionLodge of the Four SeasonsLake Ozark, Missouri

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2010

January 9-10MOA Legislative ConferenceCapitol Plaza HotelJefferson City, Missouri

June 4-6MOA Leadership Retreat

2011

January 8-9MOA Legislative ConferenceCapitol Plaza HotelJefferson City, Missouri

June 3-5MOA Leadership Retreat

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StaffExecutive DirectorLeeAnn Barrett, O.D.moaed@moeyecare.org

Finance ManagerLinda McDowelllinda@moeyecare.org

Executive AssistantJay Hahnjay@moeyecare.org

Governmental Relations ConsultantsJerry W. BurchP: 573/636-4599jburch@embarqmail.com

J. Scott Marrs P: 573/636-5873smarrs@embarqmail.com

Legal CounselMarc H. EllingerP: 573/634-2500mellinger@blitzbardgett.com

OfficersPresidentWesley D. Kemp, O.D.P: 417/777-9000weskemp@alltel.net

President-ElectRyan H. Powell, O.D.P: 816/476-4017drpowell@insighteyecarespecialties.com

TreasurerDuane ThompsonP: 660/258-7409datbat@cebridge.net

SecretaryDebbie Hettler, O.D.P: 573/814-6575dhett@aol.com

Immediate Past PresidentGregory J. Goetzinger, O.D.P: 417/359-0600eyedrg@carthagevisionclinic.com

Leadership & Staff

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Southeast Society (9)James M. Hunt, O.D.P: 573/996-3937drhunt204@yahoo.com

Southwest Society (7)Erica S. Burton, O.D.P: 417/682-3301sbeyecare@sbcglobal.net

St. Louis Society (6)Jeffrey L. Weaver, O.D.P: 314/991-4244jlweaver@aoa.org

St. Louis Society - Associate TrusteeThomas J. Cullinane, O.D.P: 314/579-0909seeingme@sbcglobal.net

West Central Society (4)Jason S. Lake, O.D.P: 660/747-2000lake.od@juno.com

Trustees

Central Society (5)Jeffrey M. Gamble, O.D.P: 573/874-2030jmgamble@socket.net

Greater Ozark Society (8)Scott M. Burks, O.DP: 417/345-2901smbod1@gmail.com

Kansas City Society (3)John B. Gelvin, O.DP: 816/525-3937jgelvin@omnikc.com

Northeast Society (2)Mindy M. Blackford, O.D.P: 660/665-6262mindymblackford@hotmail.com

Northwest Society (1)Jeffrey H. Powell, O.D.P: 660/582-4022powelloptometry@embarqmail.com18

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Committees

Administrative ServicesRob Bernskoetter, O.D.P: 573/874-2030rbern@socket.net

Affiliated OrganizationsKenneth C. Detring, O.D.P: 573/243-2020detring@yahoo.com

Clinical/EducationalBradley C. Lewis, O.D.P: 417/886-5444bradclewis@gmail.com

Coordinating CommitteeWesley D. Kemp, O.D.P: 417/777-9000weskemp@alltel.net

Convention PlanningDebbie Hettler, O.D.P: 573/814-6575dhett@aol.com

Affiliated Organizations

Paraoptometric ChairCherie HarrisP:573/334-2020cherie_harris@hotmail.com

MOAA PresidentBeth ThompsonP:660/258-7409datbat@cebridge.net

Governmental AffairsTom CulllinaneP: 314/579-0909seeingme@sbcglobal.net

Membership ServicesScott Ream, O.D.P: 417/264-7418sream1@aol.com

Public RelationsKyle Brost, O.D.P: 573/334-8595drbrost@charter.net

Third Party PaymentsRich Wilson, O.D.P: 816/353-1872rwilson@bso-ae.com

MOF PresidentRex Newcomb, O.D.P: 417/468-6682rands289@msn.com

State Board PresidentJames Bureman, O.D.P: 417/887-3900jbureman@missourieyecare.com

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About VISION

VISION is published bimonthly by the Missouri Optometric Association.100 East High Street, Suite 301Jefferson City, Missouri 65101P: 573/635-6151

Editors of Publications:

Lee Ann Barrett, O.D. 1201 West BroadwayColumbia, Missouri 65203P: 573/445-8636F: 573/446-9122lbarrettod@sbcglobal.net

James M. Hunt, O.D.204 Washington StDoniphan, Missouri 63935P: 573/996-3937F: 573/996-3937drhunt204@yahoo.com

Send all unsolicited articles, news, and advertising to the MOA Central Office. All opinions and statements of supposed fact in signed articles do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Missouri Optometric Association.

Deadlines are the first of January, March, May, July, September, and November.

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