2025 Winter Managed Care Seminar

Join us at the 2025 Winter Managed Care Seminar, featuring continuing education courses, networking breaks, an award luncheon, and our General Membership Meeting. Don’t miss this opportunity to end the year with NJSOP to learn, connect, and celebrate with peers!

OD/Para Registration - Register Today!

Pricing 
Member - $255
Non-Member - $382.50
Para - $125

Agenda
5 hrs. Regular NJSBO CE / 4 hrs. CE Broker CE

7:30 AM – 8:20 AM             Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:20 AM – 8:30 AM             Welcome & Intro

8:30 AM – 9:20 AM             CE 1 - Joe Deloach, OD, FAAO
1 hr. NJSBO Regular Credit #501-2027/CE Broker Credit - PENDING
Government Interference with the Delivery of Healthcare Services
Healthcare compliance is rapidly changing and expanding.  We will discuss these changes with an emphasis on the significant changes coming to HIPAA in 2026.

9:20 AM – 10:10 AM           CE 2 - Peter Cass, OD 
1 hr. NJSBO Regular Credit #342-2027 /CE Broker Credit - PENDING
Practice Efficiency:  How to See Fifty Patients a Day
Whether you want to see 20 or 50 patients a day, this presentation will provide direction on running a smoother schedule.

10:10 AM – 10:40 AM         Coffee Break

10:40 AM – 12:00 PM         CE 3 – Peter Cass, OD
 1.5 hrs. NJSBO Regular Credit#341-2027 /1 hr. CE Broker Credit – PENDING
New Era of Patient Communication: Social Media, Reputation Management, Automation, & Telemedicine
Communication skills are essential - whether that communication comes from your mouth, your email or your phone.  This presentation investigates the legal aspects and responsibilities surrounding communication with patients and other providers, online reputation, and telemedicine. 

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM          Joe Deloach, OD, FAAO and Peter Cass, OD
Highlights of PCS Merger and Services

12:10 PM – 1:35 PM             Awards Luncheon - Visit the 2025 award receipents page. 

1:35 PM – 2:50 PM              General Membership Meeting and Dessert - All member attendees will be automatically registered for the meeting.  Any members who can only come to the membership meeting, but not the rest of the event, let us know here.  Materials shared in December member communications and on the CE event handout hub. 

2:50 PM – 4:10 PM              CE 4 – Hanish Patel, OD, FAAO
1.5 hrs.  Regular NJSBO Credit #576-2027/1 hr. CE Broker Credit PENDING
Wavelengths to Wealth: Integrating IPL & RF into a Profitable Dry Eye Practice
Introduction to IPL and RF technology and its utilization for dry eyes and ocular aesthetics as well as its implementation and success in private practice.

Meet the Speakers 

Peter J. Cass, OD
Dr. Cass is a Founder of Practice Performance Partners, and former Vice President of Practice Compliance Solutions. He is also Chairman of the Board of EDO labs in Dallas, a doctor owned lab manufacturing and wholesaling digital lenses to private practice optometrists. He is a Past President of the Texas Optometric Association serving on their third party, legal and legislative, finance committees, and as a key contact for several state representatives. He has also been a clinical researcher for Alcon, currently is Adjunct Faculty for UCHO, where he teaches practice management to third-year students, and is an auditor for Medicaid. He still practices part time with MyEyeDr. in Beaumont, TX and is a nationally recognized speaker on topics of billing, coding, compliance, practice management, and anterior segment disease.

Joe DeLoach, OD, FAAO
Before becoming an eyecare practice and industry consultant, Dr. DeLoach spent most of his optometric career in the management of ocular disease, especially retinal disease and glaucoma. He spent twenty years as Medical Director of one of the nation’s largest optometric referral centers, EyeCare and Surgery Center of North Texas.  As a former Clinical Professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry, he served as Director of the Cedar Springs Eye Clinic and Community Eye Clinic, inner-city charity clinics that provide treatment of retinal disease and glaucoma for over fifteen thousand patients a year. Dr. DeLoach has lectured extensively across the country, mainly in the management of glaucoma and retina disease, medical reimbursement and healthcare compliance. He served as Coursemaster of the Texas Professional Ethics Courses for 14 years. In 2010, Dr. DeLoach co-founded Practice Compliance Solutions, a nationally recognized healthcare practice management company.  In 2025, Practice Compliance Solutions merged with EyeCode Education and CodeSAGEPLUS to form Practice Performance Partners where Dr. DeLoach serves as a partner and Chief Compliance Officer. 

Hanish Patel, OD, FAAO
As a founding partner of Eye Associates of New York and the Center for Ophthalmic and Vision Research, Dr. Patel is a trusted optometrist in the Midtown East, New York City area. After earning his undergraduate degree from Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Dr. Patel relocated to New York for graduate school. He earned his doctor of optometry degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry. Dr. Patel went on to complete a residency specializing in ocular disease through SUNY and Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center. During his residency, Dr. Patel received extensive training alongside prominent optometrists and ophthalmologists focusing on primary care, specialty contact lenses, refractive surgery co-management, and glaucoma and retinal disease care. He served as an investigator for over 75 contact lens-related studies.

Exhibit Hall 

Don’t miss the vibrant Winter Managed Care Exhibit Hall experience!
All attendees will have the opportunity to connect with our exhibitors, explore exciting products and services, and network in a dynamic, interactive space. Plus, all breaks and meals will take place right in the Exhibit Hall making it the hub of activity throughout the event!

Exhibit Hall Registration 

Exhibit Hall Price: $975
The price includes one covered 6' table, chairs for 2 representatives, access to electricity, and event food and beverages for the representatives. Exhibitors should bring their own branded table coverings and signs, and may bring giveaways/SWAG for the attendees. 

Note: 2025 NJSOP Diamond and Gold partners will receive a code to participate in the exhibit hall at no cost. Registration is still required for our records. Look for an email from NJSOP. 

Exhibitor Arrival & Set Up:  7:00 AM – 7:30 AM

Exhibit Area Open to Attendees: 
7:30 AM – 8:20 AM (Buffet Breakfast)
10:10 AM – 10:40 AM (AM Coffee Break) 
12:10 PM – 1:35 PM (Plated Lunch & Awards)

Exhibitor Take Down & Departure:  1:35 PM