April Meeting Notes

Dr. Richard Carlin – Welcome Austin (Optical Lab), Kelly (Technician), and welcome back Mandy (Vision Correction Facilitator).

Remember the importance of listening to the patients. We all want to be heard. If a patient has a question that you are unable to answer, there is nothing wrong with letting them know you don’t know and finding out.

We are still hiring technicians and opticians. If you have friends or know someone that is interested, send them our way. Offering $150 referral incentive.

Technicians – For CEX, make sure there is an A/R. If you are referring patients to another doctor, make sure to put notes in the plan.

Payouts – Lasik – Leslie, Jenny, Mirnesa, Cindy, Madelyn, and Vanessa.

Bleph – DC – Vanessa, Bree, Mirnesa, Madelyn, Beth, Jenny

Tyler – Kaitlyn, Beth, Michaela, Mirnesa

Willman – Holli

Amy – Professionalism – No meals at PODS or desks. Wear your nametag and white jacket if you have one. Be cautious of the conversation you are having around patient areas. Only appropriate conversations.

Lasik – Send “to dos” to “MD” (Mandy Davis). Include first and last name in Lasik referrals. Make sure to add Lasik code for Lasik evaluations.

Betty – Promotion still going on – $40 off frame and can be combined with insurance benefit. Great job Jenny, Salma, Courtney, Sarah, Corinne, Gigi, Rebecca, Brianna, Natalie, Cindy, and Kaitlyn. Make sure to pass out the postcards. Prizes for one person in each department!

Austin will be cutting lenses in house. Turn around time will improve. We will have stock lenses for emergencies.

Chemistrie Clip – Magnet to change glasses to sunglasses, readers, and can help mac degen patients.

Cataracts – Ask cataracts if there are any measurements pending before shutting down the equipment at the end of the day.

Daelyn – Communication from testing has been great! Please keep it up. Front desk – please arrive the CON and doctor appointment.

Contacts – Offering Mysight to stop the progression of myopia in patients.

Retina – If you are scheduling patients that may need treatment, please send a TO DO to RTA or MD. Need to make sure we have enough medication to treat patients.

Dry Eye – If scheduling Dry Eye eval, make sure notes are in the plan. Daelyn is helping schedule Lipiflow. Price is $495 (insurance does not cover service). Use dry eye supplies in pairs.

Maddie – Come see me if you need any more Optical special post cards. BOGO 40% off sunglasses coming soon. We are working on a Lasik special to stay tuned for that as well.

March Meeting Notes

Dr. Richard Carlin – Welcome Natalie (front office) and Jasmine (technician)

Remember the foundation of our practice: Advanced eye care with a hometown touch. We can do this by greeting patients, explaining all tests, and showing empathy.

We do not tolerate any discrimination (race, sex, gender, religion, etc).

Still working on keeping the office clean – throw away anything we no longer use.

We are continuing to hire! Techs, opticians, and lasik coordinator. Thank you to Diana for being here all these years.

Congratulations to Dr Modi – she will be receiving the Helping Hand award on Thursday March 20th.

Thank you to all the translators.

Technicians – there are sheets in every pod that explain what tests need to be done. Please familiarize yourself with this sheet if you are not already.

Payouts – Dr. RC Lasik – Michaela, Leslie. Bleph – (01) Holli (04) Salma, Kaitlyn, Vanessa, Mirnesa, Michaela, Beth (011) Courtney, Holli (012) Bree, Brynna

Amy – If you are having an IT issue, please let myself, Maddie or Lorena know first. We can stay on top of the problem to make sure they get fixed.

Skype is going away in May and we will be transitioning to Teams.

If you are leaving alerts, please explain what happened. Do not just put “pt is rude”

ADP – If you are out, you must put PTO on the day you return.

Meetings and trainings – make sure you sign into the sign in sheet.

Lasik – March madness special $2025 per eye.

Betty – New lab person starts next week: Austin. Turn around time will be improved. Thank you to everyone helping sign patients in. Please encourage patients to look at frames while they wait.

Daelyn – Interest in Oculo is increasing. Please call/send todos to Daelyn

Maddie – Marketing team sign up sheet will be posted in the break room.

Dry Eye – Please quote $495 for LipiFlow when scheduling. Let Salma know if we need more stock.