Dr. John Rumpakis is a 1984 graduate of Pacific University College of Optometry and taught optometric & medical economics at that university attaining the rank of Associate Professor.Dr. Rumpakis is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Practice Resource Management, Inc., a firm that specializes in providing a full array of consulting, management advisory, and appraisal services for healthcare professionals and industry.Dr. Rumpakis is one of the nations leading experts in the areas of medical coding and billing, optometric finance and practice appraisal, and developing leadership within a medical practice. 

We have invited him to do a four hour session from his “Cracking the Code” series of lectures for his perspective on proper coding, billing, and strategies for reimbursement for the services which we deliver. Plenty of case-specific examples will be given along with the resources that you can plug into your practice the next day. John will also speak about our practice leadership responsibilities in dealing with a culture of change and preparing our offices for ICD-10, and value based reimbursement.

Dr. Cynthia Matossian is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Matossian Eye Associates, an integrated ophthalmology and optometry private practice with locations in Mercer County, NJ and Bucks County, PA. Dr. Matossian specializes in the latest techniques of cataract with implant surgery. A graduate of the Hershey Medical Center of Penn State University, Dr. Matossian completed her residency in ophthalmology at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. She founded Matossian Eye Associates in 1987. Dr. Matossian is a board-certified ophthalmologist, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Board of Eye Surgery. She is a board member for several health facilities, and a clinical instructor / adjunct faculty member. The Consumer Research Bureau has recognized her as one of America’s top ophthalmologists

Dr. Matossian will be speaking about her approach to treament including TearLab tear osmolarity testing and the interpretation of LipiView images.  She will also speak about her approach to treatment including the various mechanical, pharmaceutical, lifestyle and nutritional approaches and how they fit into her best practice.

Dr. Scott Edmonds is the chief medical officer of MARCH Vision Care, the co-director of the Low Vision/Contact Lens Service at Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia and a member of the Primary Care Optometry News Editorial Board. Dr. Edmonds has written and lectured extensively on management topics of Managed Care and Medicare. 

Once skeptical of Electronic Health Records himself, his course will provide attendees with a means for the primary eyecare practitioner to communicate with medicine and share clinical reports, data, laboratory studies and images on a common platform.  Dr Edmonds will present his rationale for the place of primary care optometry in the overall health care and medical home of the patient and how to create enduring relationships with both our patients and the community of physicians who care for them.

Dr. Harvey Richman is a graduate of the New England College of Optometry where his education emphasized the evaluation of children with behavioral and perceptual difficulties. After several years of pediatric practice and research, Dr. Harvey Richman became only the twenty third doctor currently practicing in New Jersey to achieve the credentials of Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development.

In his current position with the AOA’s Third Party Center Dr. Richman is on the frontline of ICD-10 adoption as a Coding Expert. He’ll bring that expertise to Fall CE as he discusses why ICD-10-CM is being implemented, and how to prepare for this change. There will be a detailed review of the nomenclature necessary to properly interpret this new coding system.

 Ms. Martha Smith is the Director of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Services for the New Jersey Department of Health. She has more than thirty five years of experience in clinical laboratory testing and laboratory administration in the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital system. 

Her presentation will discuss the process by which an individual may become certified to perform in-office laboratory testing in NJ.  

All facilities in the United States that perform laboratory testing on human specimens for health assessmentor the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease are regulated under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Waived tests include test systems cleared by the FDA for home use and those tests approved for waiver under the CLIA criteria. 

Although CLIA requires that waived tests must be simple and have a low risk for erroneous results, this does not mean that waived tests are completely error-proof. Errors can occur anywhere in the testing process, particularly when the manufacturer’s instructions are not followed and when testing personnel are not familiar with all aspects of the test system.  To decrease the risk of erroneous results, the test needs to be performed correctly, bytrained personnel and in an environment where good laboratory practices are followed.