[optimal] Re: optimal Digest V5 #47
- From: Jeff Jacobs <jacobsjeff50@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:52:31 -0500
I am retiring this year. My doc looking for replacement. Busy practice.
lots of hours and work. He the $ 9M guy in Nebraska with good reason.Solid,
honest, hard workng, good employer. Contact at johnwelchmd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx .
Jeff Jacobs
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:59 AM, wmshprd <wmshprd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can almost hear the keys in the cell door. That gives everyone else a
> black eye.
>
>
> William Shepard
> 860-748-8979 c
> 860-549-2020 o
> wmshprd@xxxxxxx
> Eye Disease Consultants
> Suite 522
> 85 Seymour St
> Hartford Ct. 06106
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: FreeLists Mailing List Manager
> Date:04/15/2014 1:10 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: optimal digest users
> Subject: optimal Digest V5 #47
>
> optimal Digest Mon, 14 Apr 2014 Volume: 05 Issue: 047
>
> In This Issue:
> [optimal] Re: NYT article in re: ophthalmology
> reimbursement
> [optimal] Recruitment Coordinator for the National Eye
> Insti
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> From: Joanne Mansour <JM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:16:42 -0400
> Subject: [optimal] Re: NYT article in re: ophthalmology reimbursement
>
> I think those are units of Lucentis (5 for ARMD, 3 for DME)
>
> Joanne Mansour
> Practice Manager
> The Virginia Retina Center
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> On Behalf Of George Henry, CRA, PBT
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 5:10 PM
> To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optimal] Re: NYT article in re: ophthalmology reimbursement
>
> He also billed for 37,075 ranibizumab injections on 645 patients. That's
> more than 100 per day, every day including Saturdays, Sundays, and
> holidays, and an average of 57 injections per patient, in one year.
>
> Wow...
>
>
> George E. Henry, CRA, PBT(ASCP)
> Wheaton Eye Clinic, Ltd.
> 2015 N. Main Street
> Wheaton IL 60187
> 630.588.3615
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> On Behalf Of Egnatz, Thomas James
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 12:01
> To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optimal] Re: NYT article in re: ophthalmology reimbursement
>
> Sandor:
>
> I think George was correct. Using the link you posted,, under "Patients"
> it states "876".
>
> Under "Times Performed" it states "17,634".
>
> For FAs, it states 884 and 8,995. Busy, busy practice.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Quoting sandor ferenczy <sandorferenczy@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > it was 876 ICGs through Medicare - reality isn't as farcical as rumor.
> > and it was $21 million total Dr. Melgen received in 2012.
> >
> > search for any doctor:
> >
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/09/health/medicare-doctor-databas
> e.html
> >
> >
> > -sandor
> >
> >> On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Dennis West <dwestcra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dr Sal Melgan in West Palm Beach Florida.
> >> Here is link to an news article about him
> >>
> >>
>
> http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2013/01/sex-a-senator-money-and
> -an-fbi-raid-the-story-of-menendez-pal-sal-melgen.html
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>> On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:04 AM, "George Henry, CRA, PBT"
> >>> <ghenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don?t know all the details, myself? one of our docs looked him up.
> >>> West Palm Beach, was reimbursed $26M (2012, not last year, sorry),
> >>> and supposedly had billed for 17,000 ICG?s.
> >>>
> >>> George E. Henry, CRA, PBT
> >>> Wheaton Eye Clinic, Ltd.
> >>> 2015 N. Main Street
> >>> Wheaton IL 60187
> >>> 630.588.3615
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> On Behalf Of Jeremy Pantell
> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 14:43
> >>> To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [optimal] Re: NYT article in re: ophthalmology
> >>> reimbursement
> >>>
> >>> George:Please elaborate! jeremy
> >>> From: "George Henry, CRA, PBT" <ghenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:29 PM
> >>> Subject: [optimal] Re: NYT article in re: ophthalmology
> >>> reimbursement
> >>>
> >>> And then there?s the guy in Florida who billed 17,000 ICG?s last
> year?..
> >>>
> >>> And that didn?t raise a red flag with anyone?
> >>>
> >>> George E. Henry, CRA, PBT
> >>> Wheaton Eye Clinic, Ltd.
> >>> 2015 N. Main Street
> >>> Wheaton IL 60187
> >>> 630.588.3615
> >>>
>
>
>
>
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>
> From: "Cunningham, Denise (NIH/NEI) [E]" <CunninghamD@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [optimal] Recruitment Coordinator for the National Eye Institute
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:52:20 +0000
>
> A position has opened up in the metropolitan Washington, DC area to work
> with the National Eye Institute (NEI). The incumbent would report to work
> at the NEI, on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
> MD, but this is not a federal government job. It is a permanent position
> with the EMMES Corporation as a contractor to the NEI.
> Recruitment Coordinator
> PRIMARY PURPOSE:
> The recruitment coordinator supports the NEIS project and acts as the
> liaison for all recruitment activities nationwide for the NEI's intramural
> research program. This is a permanent position with The EMMES Corporation,
> but the recruitment coordinator reports to the NEI facility in Bethesda, MD
> as a contractor. The recruitment coordinator is involved in protocol
> development as it pertains to recruitment goals and plans. The recruitment
> coordinator also serves as a central point of contact for new patient
> referrals to NEI. As part of the recruitment effort, the recruitment
> coordinator establishes and maintains relationships with local
> ophthalmologists, community leaders and support groups.
> RESPONSIBILITIES:
>
> * Serves as the central point of contact for patient referrals and
> screening for all NEI protocols
> * Receives and processes referrals including handling of medical
> records and consultation with physicians and trial coordinators regarding
> proper routing of requests
> * Schedules research study patients via the appointment systems
> currently utilized by the NEI and the Clinical Center, NIH
> * Enters ATV request for new patients or new research study
> participants
> * Mails potential study participants information concerning clinical
> research participation, NEI and NIH information, copy of the screening
> protocol, welcome letter, and release of medical information
> * Assists in post-appointment communications with referring physician
> groups (transmission of records, confirmation of protocol enrollment, etc.)
> * Assists in protocol development in relation to participant
> recruitment goals and plans
> * Provides input for website development, brochures, letters and other
> recruitment materials
> * Assists in developing and implementing nationwide recruitment plans
> with goals and timelines for recruitment within specific regions
> * Develops and reviews standard operating procedures (SOPs) pertaining
> to recruitment activities
> * Analyzes issues and obstacles in recruitment to develop improved and
> new recruitment initiatives
> * Establishes relationships with community leaders, national agencies
> and voluntary groups supporting the needs of those with ophthalmic disorders
> * Interacts with the NEIS Project Officer and Chief, Clinical
> Informatics Section to assess recruitment as it relates to the overall
> goals of the project
> * Interacts with the Clinical Center Patient Recruitment and Public
> Liaison Office
> * Assesses incentives to engage the community to participate in
> research
> EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES AND EDUCATION:
>
> * BS/BA with 1+ year experience in an ophthalmology office (reception,
> billing, technician, photographer, etc.)
> * Knowledge of ophthalmic disease and anatomy
> * Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in
> written form) with multi-disciplinary groups and patients
> * Demonstrated organization and time management skills
> * Demonstrated customer service skills
> * Ability to think critically and analyze both project and overall
> community recruitment needs
> * Experience in participant recruitment/practice marketing
> EMMES has an outstanding benefits package including: generous tuition
> reimbursement, professional development and training programs.
>
> http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp;jsessionidX1AFADABB69090012A2E34AB8939D02.NA10_primary_jvm?org=EMMES&cws=1&rid—2
>
>
>
> *************************************
> Elizabeth Murphy, PhD
>
> Chief, Clinical Informatics Section
> Clinical Operations Branch
> Office of the Clinical Director
> Office of the Director
> National Eye Institute
> 301-402-4145 (phone)
> 301-480-0808 (fax)
>
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