The Observer. Advanced Vitreo Retinal Care for Your Patients

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1 The Observer V o l u m e 2 7, I s s u e 4 S E P T E M B E R O U R D O C T O R S George J. Pardos, M.D. Gary A. Belen, M.D. Jason J. Wang, M.D. Miriah Teeter, M.D. Howard Amiel, M.D. Lawrence Spivack, M.D., Emeritus Vandi Rimer, O.D. Salil Shukla, M.D. Sumit A. Sitole, M.D. Thomas R. Cruse, O.D. I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Retina Suites 1 Omega-3 Webinar 2 Dry Eye Online 3 IOL Patient Info 4 Online Post Op OU 5 Contact Us 6 New Referral Form 7 New Post Op Form 8 Our NPI Numbers 9 Info Dinner Invitation 10 Cataract Co-Mgmt FAQ 11 FAQ cont 12 Doctor Locations 13 Save The Dates 14 Advanced Vitreo Retinal Care for Your Patients Omni Eye Specialists is proud to provide your patients the availability of complete Retinal Diagnostic Suites at both Omni Eye Specialists locations: 55 Madison Street, Suite 355 in Cherry Creek and 6881 South Yosemite Street, in Centennial. We offer the same high level of retinal care that you have come to expect with greater convenience to your patients. Each clinic is equipped to provide patients with medical retinal treatment, such as intravitreal injections. Each location is equipped with the latest diagnostic technology, including: Heidelberg Spectralis OCT with Bluepeak Laser Autofluorescence Imaging Digital Photography Fluorescein/Indocyanine Digital Angiography Ultrasonography Surgical procedures are performed at Madison Street Surgery Center (MSSC), located on the 2nd floor at 55 Madison Street in Cherry Creek. Our surgeons are able to provide absolutely state of the art surgical care in a more controlled, comfortable environment for the patient at MSSC. Additionally, emergency surgery can be performed in the most efficient possible manner. Minimizing the interval between diagnosis and treatment allows us to maximize the patient s outcome in these time sensitive situations. Madison Street Surgery Center is equipped with the latest in vitreo-retinal surgery technology. The Constellation Vitrectomy System is the next generation surgical system, with numerous design and performance features that help make the surgery safer and more efficient. Visualization is optimized with our brand new Zeiss Lumera surgical microscope, which provides superior optics and illumination to prior scopes. In short, we have created a brand new vitreo-retinal operating theater from the ground up, utilizing the most advanced technology available at every level. Omni Eye Specialists provides 24 hour on call service for patients with retinal and all ocular emergencies. Simply call (or GO.2.OMNI) and you will be directed to our on call doctor.

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3 P A G E 3 Get long term Dry Eye Relief for your patients with a breakthrough treatment Omni Eye Specialists is the first practice in Colorado to offer this treatment. We co-manage dry eye patients who have moderate to severe evaporative dry eye disease. Check out our Dry Eye page at OmniEye.com. Online Dry Eye Speed Questionnaire now available! Omni Eye Specialists is pleased to announce the addition and convenience of an online Speed Questionnaire (see page 3) for your patients. Your patients can visit Ask them to select Am I a good candidate? and complete the questionnaire. Your patient will receive a reply based upon their response score. We comanage LIPIFLOW patients for the postoperative care. Please send us a referral form (see page 8) on your patient. You can receive CE credit should you want to observe our dry eye clinic. Visit our website or call for more information. T H E O B S E R V E R

4 P A G E 4 IOL Information for Your Post Op Appointments Before discharge from cataract surgery at Madison Street Surgery Center, your cataract patient is given a business card to keep. It has the surgeon s name and on the back is a label to identify their IOL implant. The post op nurses are also preparing a second card, enclosing it in an envelope and instructing the patients to bring the envelope to you at their next appointment. If the patient has their drop kit with them, the nurse will put the envelope in the kit. Please ask your patient for the envelope when they come to their appointment. Hopefully this will give you the IOL information you need. Now Online Post Op Forms have Both Eyes! At the suggestion of one of our referring optometrists, we have improved our online post op forms so you can report on both eyes at once. The online IOL postop forms are located on in the Referring Clinician section. For the Omni Eye Specialists online post op form, the left eye information fields follow the right eye information fields. The LASIK/PRK post op forms are located on in the Referring Clinician section. On the Spivack Vision Center online post op form, the right and left eye fields are side by side. As with the referral forms, once submitted, you are able to print the referral form for your records. The next time you log in, your information will self populate to save you time. T H E O B S E R V E R

5 P A G E 5 Send Patient Referrals and Post Op Forms Real-Time Online to OES and SVC For Omni Eye Specialists (OES) medical or surgical Patient Referrals, visit For Spivack Vision Center (SVC) LASIK and PRK Patient Referrals, visit www,spivack.com. See our New Referral Form on page 7 On either site, select Referring Clinician. On the SVC site, click Please click here to enter the secure portal and access our online forms. Both sites give you the option to log in, create and account, or use the one time referral. If you log in, the form will populate your demographics. Complete the form and submit. You will be given the option to print your completed form for your records, save as a pdf, or save the form in Excel. To submit Post Op Forms, follow the above steps but click onto Post-Op Reports. You can have the same login credentials at both sites. Since the sites are on separate servers, you will need to establish the credentialing on both the OES and SVC web site. With your credentials, you can also download a host of other forms from our library. Please call with any questions. New Features to Online Patient Referrals Have you ever wanted to attach a scan or a Visual Field to your patient referral? Now you can. Simply complete the online patient referral form (see page 9) and note the new File Attachment section toward the end of the form. You can attach a ZIP, JPG, PDF, or PNG file that is under 5MB. If you have more than one file to submit, simply create a ZIP file. There is a link should you need more information on creating ZIP files. Additionally, now you can print your submitted form for your records, download a PDF ore download to XLS. Hopefully these options will make it easier for you to upload your referral into your EMR. T H E O B S E R V E R

6 P A G E 6 We can receive your referrals via at referral@omnieye.com Spivack Vision Center LASIK Patient Brochures! Contact Amy Johnson if you would like some to provide to your LASIK candidates. Contact Us Need to ask us a question? Want to alert us to a problem? You are able to reach out and touch us 24 hours a day through our and voice mail systems. While both and voice mail systems are monitored, our doctors prefer communication so they can research and respond to your inquiry. Here is our directory: Dr. George Pardos: GPardos@OmniEye.com Dr. Gary Belen: GBelen@OmniEye.com Dr. Jason Wang: JWang@OmniEye.com Dr. Miriah Teeter: MTeeter@OmniEye.com Dr. Howard Amiel: HAmiel@OmniEye.com Dr. Vandi Rimer: VRimer@Spivack.com Dr. Salil Shukla: SShukla@OmniEye.com Dr. Sumit Sitole: SSitole@OmniEye.com Dr. Thomas Cruse: TCruse@OmniEye.com For our after hours call system, have patients call our regular number ( ) and they will be provided instructions on how to contact the on-call doctor. We are always available for you and your patients. OES FAX Numbers OES Main: OES Referrals : OES Surgery Scheduling: Our Administrators Donna White, Omni Eye Specialists Spivack Vision Center DWhite@OmniEye.com Shelley Bakkemo, Omni Eye Specialists Spivack Vision Center SBakkemo@OmniEye.com Valerie Thiele, Madison Street Surgery Center VThiele@OmniEye.com Jessica Crutchfield, Madison Street Financial Services JCrutchfield@OmniEye.com Visit us Online Omni Eye Specialists Spivack Vision Center 303-SEE-2020 Madison Street Surgery Center Madison Street Financial Services CE Course RSVP Line T H E O B S E R V E R

7 P A G E 7 This form is available online, in real time, at OmniEye.com. Once you register, your forms will pre-populate for you. T H E O B S E R V E R

8 P A G E 8 This form is available online, in real time, at OmniEye.com. Once you register, your forms will pre-populate for you.

9 P A G E 9 Our Doctors National Providers Identifier Numbers Gary A. Belen, M.D Jason J. Wang, M.D Miriah Teeter, M.D Howard Amiel, M.D Vandi Rimer, O.D. Omni Eye Specialists Insurance Plans OES participates in the following insurance plans: AARP, Aetna, Anthem/BCBS, Assurant Health, BCBS Federal, Cigna, Cofinity, Coventry Health Care, CNIC, First Health PPO, GEHA, Great West, Golden Rule UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Medicaid (State Only), Medicare, MultiPlan, PHCS, Railroad Medicare, Rocky Mountain Health Plan, Tricare, Tricare United Healthcare Military, United Health Care, and UMR. When Not a Participating Provider We participate with the majority of the metro area insurance carriers and with new exchange plans there may still be programs with which we are not panel providers with. Please have your patient contact their insurance member services to confirm coverage Salil Shukla, M.D Sumit A. Sitole, M.D Thomas R. Cruse, O.D Omni Eye Specialists Spivack Vision Center now carries Latisse. Patients can see a difference within 12 to 16 weeks as their eyelashes grow longer, fuller and darker with this FDA approved solution. For more information, please call 303.SEE Remember UV Protection!! UV exposure after refractive surgery can lead to corneal haze/scar. Remind your patients to use sunglasses for all outdoor activities and tanning beds for 2 months after LASIK or PRK surgery. Help Your Staff Stay Informed! We would be happy to a copy of this newsletter to your staff. Please send an to ajohnson@omnieye.com, list Observer in the subject line, and provide us with the addresses you would like us to send the newsletter to. We are happy to help. T H E O B S E R V E R

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11 P A G E 11 This document is available online at OmniEye.com in the Referring Clinician section, in the Forms Library.

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14 P A G E 14 - SAVE THE DATE - December 31, New Year s Eve Party March 8, Spring Symposium (We moved the date from the 7th to Sunday the 8th!) - MARK YOUR CALENDARS - Visit us online for easy resources for both you and your patients Experience Technology Compassion Omni Eye Specialists Madison Street Surgery Center Phone: Madison Street Denver, Colorado Spivack Vision Center Omni Eye Specialists South Phone: 303.SEE South Yosemite Street Centennial, CO Please consider sharing this newsletter with all the doctors and staff in your office.