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Optometry Australia says health insurance rules a 'minefield'

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Communication of rules and changes is often ‘lacking’. Image: Andrzej Rostek/Shutterstock.com.Optometry Australia says it is working with all private health funds towards standardisation, as practices continue to navigate a “minefield” around inconsistent claiming rules with frames, lenses and contact lenses. It comes after the organisation released the latest update to its ‘Private health insurance rules & rebate conditions’ guide, which it beg…
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Optometry Australia says health insurance rules a 'minefield'

Communication of rules and changes is often ‘lacking’. Image: Andrzej Rostek/Shutterstock.com.Optometry Australia says it is working with all private health funds towards standardisation, as practices continue to navigate a “minefield” around inconsistent claiming rules with frames, lenses and contact lenses. It comes after the organisation released the latest update to its ‘Private health insurance rules & rebate conditions’ guide, which it beg…

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Dr. Lori Blackmer When Lori Blackmer, OD, graduated from Southern College of Optometry in 1987, women made up just 15% of her class. At the time, the idea of women running their own private practices wasn’t something she had considered—until a classmate introduced her to a female optometrist in Memphis, Tennessee, who had built a thriving business. “It was eye-opening,” Dr. Blackmer recalls. “I had never seen that women could run practices and o…

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