OPT 129 Healthcare Systems and Communications
Feedback from videotaped patient interaction will be used to enhance communications. Discussions involving the ethical practice of optometry. The dynamics of practicing optometry within the healthcare delivery system. HMOs, insurance panels, Medicare, Medicaid, third-party insurance, discount plans, fee-for-service. Effective inter-professional and intra-professional written and oral communications within the context of effective and well-documented patient care delivery. Medical necessity and appropriateness of orders and interpretations/reports of findings. Introduction to co-management relationships and their associated legal aspects.