Operational Resources
Navigate the COVID-19 climate with financial, staffing, and reopening resources for your practice
Operational Resources
Navigate the COVID-19 climate with financial, staffing, and reopening resources for your practice
Resources for your Practice
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Reopening Resources
VSP Global® Premier Program Releases Roadmap to Reopening Resource for all VSP PracticesIn an effort to provide more tangible tools and resources for network practices as they reopen, the VSP Global® Premier Program released the Roadmap to Reopening resource today as a supplement to last week’s Premier Program Reopening Resource Guide. Created based on doctors’ concerns about reopening safety protocols and procedures, the Roadmap Resource provides tips, suggestions, and best practices to protect the health and safety of doctors, patients, and staff.
VSP Global® Premier Program Creates Reopening Resource Guide for PracticesAs practices transition to reopen, the VSP Global® Premier Program is focused on delivering tangible tools and resources to make a practical difference for network practices navigating COVID-related changes, supporting a safer environment for staff and patients, creating more opportunities for patient engagement, and driving patient access. Our newest offering, the Premier Program Reopening Resource Guide, is a robust, online reference your practice can use immediately.
Practice Comeback PlanJoin Solutionreach for a free webinar series to help you plan to get your practice back in the game. Hear ideas for communication, preparation, and things you can do right now for your practice. Register for the series today.
Keep Your Office Status Updated on the Find a Doctor DirectoryDue to rapidly changing COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates, many practices are open limited hours, temporarily closed, or reopening for business. It is important to keep your patients informed on where they can find essential eye care. As your office status changes, let us know by filling out the Location Status Form below and we will update your listing on the Find a Doctor Directory on vsp.com.
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Financial Resources
Financial Tips for Practices During PandemicRobert Schultz, CEO, Vision One Credit Union, Mark Wright, OD, Review of Optometric Business Professional Editor & CEO, Practice Management Center, and Sam Quintero, OD, Immediate Past Chair, Association of Practice Management Educators, have collaborated on a guide for practices in the face of our current pandemic. Read more
Insights from the Outside
Insights from the Outside is a panel of practice owners from across different medical specialties including dentistry, veterinary medicine, cosmetic surgery, ophthalmology, audiology, and optometry. It shares best practices to common challenges faced by all healthcare business owners around the key topics of patient acquisition, engagement, and retention.CARES Act Webinar with PWCSynchronyTM hosted a CARES Act webinar for our partners featuring Sean Viergutz. This session provides helpful information on CARES Act and small business relief program. Hear the ins and outs of the Paycheck Protection Program: who is eligible, how to calculate loan amounts, what is a “good faith certification” loan terms & forgiveness.
Learn about the Paycheck Protection Program, part of newly-passed CARES legislationExplore resources from Vision One Credit Union to help breakdown the newly implemented CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act and SBA (Small Business Administration) Paycheck Protection Program. Learn how both may affect your practice.
Practice Financial Tips for PandemicRobert Schultz, CEO, Vision One Credit Union, Mark Wright, OD, ROB Professional Editor and CEO, Practice Management Center, and Sam Quintero, OD, Immediate Past Chair, Association of Practice Management Educators have collaborated on a guide for practices in the face of our current pandemic. Whether your practice is closed or still open in some capacity, this guide outlines steps you should take right away to mitigate the financial impact of the pandemic to your practice. Included in the guide is an interactive spreadsheet to help you evaluate the effects of expense reduction on cash flow, so you have a clearer picture of the actions you need to take.
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Staffing Resources
It’s All About Trust
During these uncertain times, building trust with your staff is critical to saving valuable time and money in your practice. Learn from Meghan McCarty, Learning and Development Specialist on the VSP Global Human Resources team, how to increase the speed of execution, gain efficiencies, and enhance communications with your staff to build and maintain high trust relationships and ensure transparency through the COVID-19 pandemic and in the future.
What to do During Downtime
Many of you are having to make difficult business decisions, including decisions related to practice staffing, during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Learn about government programs available to pay your staff wages for eight weeks with Mark Wright, OD. This webinar will give you specific, practical suggestions on how to best support your practice at this time.
Leading in a Time of Crisis – How to Positively Impact Others and Your Practice
Learn how to more comfortably navigate during these uncertain times with HR expert Shauna Harrington. View this webinar to gain tools to support you in managing staff changes during this pandemic and receive practical tips that support greater trust, stronger communications, and clear action plans. -
Product Resources
VSPOne Rewards 2019 Points ExtensionThe points you earned in 2019 will now expire on May 31, 2020. Read more
Supporting You and Your Patients with Unity BioSync®- Participating distributors are extending their price-lock program expiration dates. Reach out to your Unity BioSync Business Consultant for more information
- VSP Optics has extended their annual supply rebate submission timeframe from 60 to 90 days. Patients can continue to submit online at vsprebates.com/biosync.
2020 Virtual Optometric SummitAvailable on demand: ODwire.org and CovalentCareers invite you to attend the 2020 Virtual Optometric Summit sponsored by ZEISS. This two-day complimentary online program offers live sessions and an interactive product showcase – all within a virtual exhibit hall – designed to let you explore technological and clinical innovations from the comfort of your own home.