Refractive Surgery News

Dr. Dean Dornic Offers Wine "Glasses" to Patient After Damaging Her Vision

Martha Walton, a school teacher, explains how Dr. Dean Dornic caused her to experience permanent eye pain with LASIK, and then offered her wine "glasses" as a solution to the problems he created. For more information regarding problems involving dry eye, see  Researchers Admit to...
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AllAboutVision.com Leaks Customer Billing Records

From: "Matt Ryan" <mryan@ceatus.com> To: <mvanasek@kremer-laser.com> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:23 PM Attach: ceatus_invoice_1187_Kremer.doc Subject: Mary Guccione - AllAboutVision Mary, I just spoke with Melissa Vanasek who had asked me to send you a revised invoice for AllAboutVision listings in the Philadelphia, South...
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Lawsuits Against Patients Backfire on Litigious Surgeons

Law suits, doctors, patients, relationships, transparency Kent Bottles As anyone who reads this blog knows, I am fascinated by the doctor/patient relationship. I have blogged on this subject often, and I have pocast interviews with thoughtful experts on this subject like Carl E. Schneider. Today...
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Dr. David Kleiman and Dr. Anthony Evangelista Fined by Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

State fines two eye doctors $ 25,000 each for unsubstantiated ads Maria M. Perotin Fort Worth Star Telegram Two ophthalmologists at an Arlington eye-care center have been fined $ 25,000 apiece for running advertisements that couldn't be substantiated. The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners...
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Study Condemns Sleazy Ads by Academic Medical Centers

Pushing procedures; Study condemns ads by academic medical center Hospitals have relied on publicity campaigns for decades, rolling out a mix of ads in newspapers, on radio and on television to help drum up business and differentiate themselves from their competitors. Lately, however, marketing departments...
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American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Promotes Irresponsible Marketing Practices

Tapes for sale by American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Extreme Marketing Botox Cosmetic in the Refractive Practice: The Gift that Keeps on Giving LASIK Liability Review Learning to Listen: A Key to Selling Laser Vision Correction LASIK Postoperative Complications Innovative Marketing Ideas Help! Our...
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Dr. Steve Arshinoff Condemns Irresponsible Advertising

LASIK advertising - We should not sell procedures Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Volume 30, Issue 9 , September 2004, Pages 1823-1824 I read the editorial on advertising in ophthalmology[1] with great interest and wholehearted agreement. The seemingly progressive tendency to irresponsible advertising, particularly...
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TLC V.P. of Marketing Describes Co-management Payments to Optometrists As "Marketing Costs"

What’s the Right Price For LASIK? Walt Bethke, Managing Editor “Comanagement costs overlap with marketing costs,” says Anna Austin, vice president of marketing for TLC Vision. “If you’re comanaging some of your refractive patients, obviously you may pay more to the comanager than if you...
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Insurance Companies Drop Lasik Chain After Action News Investigation

TAMPA - Tens of thousands of people in the Bay area went to the Lasik Vision Institute because their insurance companies offered a special deal on Lasik eye surgery. Now, those companies are taking action to protect their customers. When Erica Patterson had Lasik...
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Dr. Jay Pepose Seeks Salesperson to Pose as "Patient Counselor"

US-MO-St. Louis-Patient Counselor (Sales) :. Status: Full Time, Employee     Shift: First Shift (Day), Second Shift (Afternoon) Job Location: 63017 Patient Counselor (Sales) PEPOSE VISION INSTITUTE A progressive ophthalmology practice is seeking a dynamic salesperson to counsel patients for LASIK surgery. Qualified candidates will...
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Dr. Davidorf Promotes Lasik as Therapy for Children

LASIK for Kids: An Option Whose Time May Be Near Connecticut Post Your child may be a good athlete, but you still worry about an injury from those pesky glasses. Or maybe you fret about your middle schooler, longing desperately to fit in but feeling...
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Dr. Douglas Koch Condemns Irresponsible Advertising

LASIK reporting: preserving our responsibility to our patients Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Volume 29, Issue 8 , August 2003, Pages 1463-1464 Article Outline Price Eligibility Outcome Fear Advertising has become standard practice in health care. For better, and often for worse, ophthalmologists appear...
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