Magnify Your Future, a new workshop exclusive to Expo West, will explore the ins and outs of treating low vision in a practice. Implementing low vision devices into a practice can have significant impact on the bottom line and this workshop will highlight those opportunities and teach the critical rules of reimbursements for low vision treatment. 

Magnify Your Future is sponsored by the Low Vision Division of the Vision Council of America and will be delivered by Dr’s Politzer, Porter and Woo, nationally recognized Low Vision Specialists in the optical community.  Politzer said, “This is the perfect opportunity to learn how offering low vision related services will diversify your revenues and become a major area of growth within your practice.

Millions of Americans suffer from macular degeneration and this segment of the population is largely underserved by eyecare professionals. These patients need good doctors to offer strategies for maintaining a strong quality of life while coping with their low vision challenges,” Politzer said.

The Magnify Your Future workshop is approved for six hours of continuing education credit from COPE, ABO and JCAHPO.  Scheduled to be held on Friday, Sept.16 this all day session will include interactive panels, discussion and small group workshops.  Magnify Your Future will offer participants post-course follow up, a dedicated Web site and Internet support. 

Course content includes: explanation of a low vision basic office set-up including personnel and equipment; strategies for obtaining patient referrals; how to perform a low vision exam; identification of common low vision devices; demonstration of proper use of hand-held and stand magnifiers, spectacle-mounted lenses, mounted telescopes and electronic video magnifiers; Hands-on Technology Workshops, and description of third-party resources for reimbursement and coding.

This workshop is a featured session in the Continuing Education conference at International Vision Expo West.

For more information on the Magnify Your Future workshop, or toregister online visit www.visionexpowest. com.