AOA & VSP Forum

I would like to thank Jennifer Levy and Jim Eickoff for representing Maryland at this forum in St Louis. I must say I was impressed with the simulcast, no a/v glitches.  A scheduled 90 minute forum lasted 110. Both parties will be posting links to view a rebroadcast.

I could not think of a better way to spend to Thursday evening! (Big Bang Theory was rerun). I feel like each side represented their views succinctly, and professionally. No compromise was agreed upon and this will continue in the future.

Michigan announced earlier in the day that it will not support SAP in HIE , and this gave AOA some momentum. Maryland was mentioned as the only state having an exchange in law.

 Both sides posted reviews the next morning. AOA can be seen here  and VSP here. Each video is only 5 minutes.

I am heading to Ocean City for the long weekend. I will try to go 48 hours with thinking or working on Optometry. (Gonna be difficult).  I plan to route the Terps Lax teams to victory. Please have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend.

Talk Soon.

John

Town Hall a Success

We held a members only town hall meeting last night at BWI Marriott, even though the Orioles were playing the Yankees we had a good turnout.  Our board meet prior to the town hall and I must say it was probably the fastest board meeting  I have attended.

The town hall was a chance to update members on the new Maryland Health Care Laws and their impact on how we  will practice Optometry in the future. I would like to thank   VSP Global for sponsoring the evening.

I highlighted some membership category changes the AOA will be discussing at the House of Delegates at Optometry's meeting in June. Then our Legislative Chair Tracie King did a wonderful job on reporting what had transpired in Annapolis over the last session. We then presented our plan for the future legislatively and even discussed some Third Party Payee plans.

We passed around sign up sheets and filled some Key OD positions. We still need many more so please consider working with us as we go forward into the future.

Talk soon

John