Oedema, Not sure about patients in BC, but many of mine in ON compare the price on the internet, Walmart, etc., and look at what we charge. The last time I remember patients paying more was by...
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Oedema, Not sure about patients in BC, but many of mine in ON compare the price on the internet, Walmart, etc., and look at what we charge. The last time I remember patients paying more was by...
Or could it be their balance sheet ? I was curious recently to compare my office cost to 2 patients for Acuvue 1 day and 2 week lenses versus Coastal Contacts. in fact one patient who had purchased 1...
Ory, just out of curiosity, how did you determine that the lenses in the safety frame were dress lenses ?
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So...the patient is the cheapest of the three or the optician ?
Besides, putting dress lenses into a safety frame saves the patient, OD, or Optician saves how much ? For...
I have been using for 20 years a product that is non-acetone and works great. In fact there are now 2 products available in the Toronto area. I found the problem with Acetone to be not on the lenses...
In Ontario OD's are still governed by our College regulation that states that dispensing is based on a fee method - so cost of frame+lenses+..+fee is the total. You could put a frame price on each...
I believe the CSA standard you are using is :http://www.safemanitoba.com/uploads/bulletins/standardcsa_eyeface_z94_3_02.pdf
"This standard relates to eye and face protectors for industrial and...
There are businesses and professions that are mandatory and those that are optional. If you read on in the WSIB website, the next paragraph is :
"Even if your company is in one of these...
Yes, and fpor bifocals/progressive some websites tell the patient to look in the mirror and find their pupil centre, and for segment types the company just chooses a pre-set height.
Seemax is optically different from the other lenses mentioned. I have a patient with a high myopic Rx, I believe approx -8.00 . kept complaining of blurred vision with Nikon Nl% AS (1.74). Used...
Optical Maven : No, the patient would only know fraud took place if the doctor falsely billed and the patient found out because :(a) OHIP sent them a letter asking for verification , or (2) they went...
You need to get the correct information ! That statement is completely wrong. OD's , MD's, dentists, and lawyers require coverage if they have employees. The only difference is how WSIB classifies...
Just came across this website and could not believe what took place in BC ! I agree with the above that everyone involved in patient eyecare (all three O's) should be joining together to tell the BC...