Looking Glass Eye Center Earns Pinnacle Award from the ASCRS/ASOA

The American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators today announced the winner of the third William E. Rose, Jr. Pinnacle Award. The following practice is the recipient:

Large Group practice: LOOKING GLASS EYE CENTER – Brevard, Hendersonville and Cashiers, NC. Donna J. Phillips, Certified Ophthalmic Executive.

The Pinnacle Award honors ophthalmology practices that demonstrate excellence in one or more of the following areas:

• Outstanding achievement in developing and implementing exemplary policies and guidelines to help protect the practice from erroneous or fraudulent billing practices.

• Exceptional efforts to maintain compliance with government regulations by providing continued training and education of all billing staff.

• Implementation of an internal audit program to minimize billing mistakes and reduce chances of fraudulent or abusive Medicare billing.

• Development of open lines of communication with staff to ensure that billing errors are identified and immediate corrective actions taken.

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