Evaluation Checklist For Managed Care Vision Plans.

Optometrists today are faced with many challenges in practice management. One major area of challenge is in the area of insurance/managed care plans. Optometrists are being asked to accept new insurance plans and join various managed care plans on a monthly basis. The choice of accepting or rejecting these plans can determine the future financial success or failure of a practice. How can an optometrist evaluate these plans to determine what plans will benefit the practice? The following study looks at a checklist, being evaluated by the Michigan Optometric Association, to help optometrists evaluate managed care plans effectively. We will apply the survey to several widely accepted and established vision plans to see how readily information is available. Also, this will give baseline data to compare with future plans. We will also discuss what other information might be available in evaluating a plan.