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<br /> Volume 50 March 2012 No. 9<br /> President signs measure to<br /> avert massive Medicare pay cut<br /> F<br /> acing increased pres-<br /> sure from the AOA<br /> and other physician<br /> organizations, U.S. House<br /> and Senate leaders came<br /> together last month to<br /> approve yet another measure<br /> to prevent enactment of a<br /> massive cut to Medicare<br /> payments made to<br /> optometrists and other<br /> physicians.<br /> Part of a larger deal<br /> aimed at continuing a pay-<br /> roll tax break for workers<br /> and extending unemploy-<br /> ment insurance for many<br /> jobless Americans, the com-<br /> promise legislation was<br /> overwhelmingly approved in<br /> both houses <a title="March 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=1"> Volume 50 </a> <a title="March 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=2"> Allergan and Optometry Proud to Be a Part of Your</a> <a title="March 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=3"> CMS proposes Stage 2 EHR meaningful use criteria </a> <a title="March 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=4"> 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis MO 63141 </a> <a title="March 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=5"> Stage 2 EHR incentives H ealth car</a> <a title="March 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=6"> Pay cut, from page 1 mula (SGR), a roughly 32 p</a> <a title="March 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=7"> just 0.7% Eyeglasses and Eye Care Services Inde</a> <a title="March 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=8"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=9"> New course helps practices benefit under health c</a> <a title="March 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=10"> 28090 A Special Note to Our Members</a> <a title="March 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=11"> SUNY announces optometry career development cente</a> <a title="March 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=12"> Medicare offers materials on ACOs, billing error </a> <a title="March 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=13"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=14"> AOA expert helps make PQRS simple By Rebecca H.</a> <a title="March 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=15"> PQRS, from previous page er recommendations f</a> <a title="March 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=16"> PQRS, from previous page Diabetes Three </a> <a title="March 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=17"> AT OPTOMETRY'S T OP METR MEETING NG® 2012, Y</a> <a title="March 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=18"> Optometry's Meeting® in Chicago puts education in</a> <a title="March 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=19"> THE AOA WASHINGTON OFFICE WANTS</a> <a title="March 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=20"> MLN, from page 12 tive services program includes</a> <a title="March 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=21"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=22"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=23"> ICO partnership with school-based eye clinic conf</a> <a title="March 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=24"> Ala., N.H., Tenn. to offer EHR courses Navigati</a> <a title="March 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=25"> Optometry's Meeting® a chance for students to </a> <a title="March 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=26"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=27"> PBA to host `Focus on Eye Health' national summit</a> <a title="March 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=28"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=29"> EyeLearnTM course spotlight Pediatrics/binocu</a> <a title="March 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=30"> What's all the tweeting about? Here's a</a> <a title="March 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=31"> OPTOMETRY CARES® Foundation calls for nominatio</a> <a title="March 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=32"> PRACTICE ADVANCEMENT www.aoa.org/PracticeAdvance</a> <a title="March 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=33"> Finding the perfect fit just got easier. </a> <a title="March 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=34"> MEDICAL RECORDS & CODING `Ask the Codeheads' </a> <a title="March 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=35"> EYE ON TECHNOLOGY Heads up! Latest in Google H</a> <a title="March 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=36"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=37"> PRACTICE STRATEGIES </a> <a title="March 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=38"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=39"> AOA SECTIONS VRS to host member forum at Optome</a> <a title="March 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=40"> Valuation, from page 32 real property, building</a> <a title="March 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=41"> Ownership, from page 37 This type of sa</a> <a title="March 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=42"> Ownership, from page 41 depreciation is taxable </a> <a title="March 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=43"> SCO announces $9.4 million building project to ad</a> <a title="March 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=44"> Abbott Medical Optics Alcon Allergan Bausch + </a> <a title="March 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=45"> INDUSTRY NEWS Marco, RevolutionEHR offer first </a> <a title="March 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=46"> MEETINGS MarchApril SOUTH CAROLINA OPTOMETRIC</a> <a title="March 2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=47"> oceaa@nova.edu http://optometry.nova.edu/ce/ind e</a> <a title="March 2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=48"> NEW 2012 CODING BOOKS! CODES FOR OPTOMETRY 201</a> <a title="March 2012 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=49"> SHOWCASE Traci Peppers telephone: 212.633.3766 </a> <a title="March 2012 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=50"> SHOWCASE Miami-Dade Optometric Physician Associ</a> <a title="March 2012 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=51"> CLASSIFIEDS Professional Opportunities Find </a> <a title="March 2012 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=52"> </a> <a title="March 2012 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f8ddaa?page=53"> I AM IN MY PATIENT’S EYES, THE The Power of One</a>