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2006
VisionWeb Announces 'Lab of the Year' Honorees Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:04 Issue: 3/31/06
VisionWeb Launches New Frames Ordering Service for Members According to VisionWeb, the new frames ordering service offers members improved searching capabilities and updated frame information on the newest styles from the manufacturers that are connected with VisionWeb, such as Marchon, Safilo, Charmant, Tura, L'Amy, and Rudy Project. Complete product information, large color images of the frames and a new shopping cart feature, called the Item List, allow for easier ordering, viewing and an order summary while the order is in progress. Order archiving is also available for frame orders. "We are excited to offer our members a more efficient and convenient service to order frames," said Jeff Saddington, VisionWeb's president and CEO. "With the new frames ordering service, VisionWeb has affirmed our commitment to providing our members with the best services available in the industry." The new frames ordering service is free to eyecare providers and can be accessed at www.visionweb.com or through the VisionWeb interface within the OfficeMate practice management system. Instructions and demonstrations are available on the VisionWeb website. Vision Monday Volume Number 20:13 Issue: 11/2/2006
VisionWeb Promo Gives Cash Back to ECPs ECPs who enroll in VisionWeb Enhanced by Nov. 1, will receive special monthly subscription prices (locked in for 12 months) and waived set-up fees, and will also be eligible for $250 or $500 in cash rebates. VisionWeb Enhanced subscription packages are available for practices of all sizes, according to the company. Vision Monday Volume Number 20:11 Issue: 9/28/2006
VisionWeb Integrates With Gerber Coburn Frame Tracers “The integration with VisionWeb fosters our commitment to providing technology that increases the efficiency and accuracy of lens processing and finishing,” said Deborah Corriveau, product manager for Gerber Coburn. “Labs and eyecare providers alike will benefit from the efficiencies created by this integration,” she said. Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:09 Issue: 8/4/2006
Technology Transformations: Ellicott City Eye Care "I don't have time to just sit down and bill," said Hamilton. "I need to be able to do it among the eight other things I am doing." With VisionWeb, Hamilton said, "It's a very simple and cost-effective way to bill and get reimbursed. Some insurance companies take anywhere from 30 to 120 days to pay and things get lost in the mail," she said. "VisionWeb is 10 times faster than any mailing process. It takes all the gray out. You know exactly where the claim is and where it stands," said Hamilton. Instead of having to go to individual insurances for billing, for example, Hamilton can use VisionWeb to facilitate the process for each of them. She doesn't have to worry about whether the claim is lost in the mail or if the claim will be kicked back because something was missing on the paperwork. Hamilton says that she can easily track the status of claims and will know right away if the claim has passed, if it's in progress or if it is being sent back for a code or for other missing information. Even getting started is easy, says Hamilton. "My experience with VisionWeb has been a pleasant one. The tech support is great. They walk you though everything. They have a designated medical biller. It's a very simple, non-complicated process and it's just very easy to use," she said. When setting the system up, VisionWeb's tech support helped her add payers so that claims for Medicare and Blue Cross, for example, would be processed without a hitch. "For a lot of doctors who have small practices, who can't afford a biller and sometimes use a third party or are doing paper claims, this is an affordable and convenient way to get reimbursed from the insurances," said Hamilton. Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:07 Issue: 6/19/2006
VisionWeb Returns $19,534 in Royalties to State Optometric Associations Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:08 Issue: 8/4/2006
VisionWeb Integrates with MSF Computing's Software for ODs, Opticians VisionWeb and MSF Computing have created a seamless interface allowing users to place and track spectacle lens orders from within the IFILE, CFILE, and Vision + software. Said Mike O'Malley, vice president of business development for VisionWeb, "We are pleased to offer IFILE, CFILE, and Vision + customers the ability to place spectacle lens orders electronically to the VisionWeb network of over 210 U.S. spectacle lens laboratories." MSF Computing's IFILE, CFILE, and Vision + systems serve different customers and offer different features for optometrists and opticians. IFILE offers a practice-management system for ODs, including appointment scheduling, paperless examinations, inventory control, order entry recording and automatic invoicing and others. The CFILE system, for opticians and optical stores, includes full inventory control, order entry and automatic invoicing, electronic ordering to labs and electronic claims submissions. The Vision + system is a pre-packaged version of the CFILE system that provides a point-of-sale software system for opticians at a lower cost. "Our integration with VisionWeb will allow our customers to reduce redundant data entry and streamline the process for placing spectacle lens orders to their labs," said Scott Farley, owner of Kitchener, Ontario-based MSF Computing. Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:06 Issue: 5/4/2006
VisionWeb Links With Walman, Adds Integrations Jeff Saddington, president and CEO of VisionWeb, said the Walman and Soderberg labs join 210 laboratories already receiving lens orders via VisionWeb. That roster will grow to 243 when the integration with Walman begins during the second quarter. Through other new agreements, VisionWeb will interface with EMRlogic's OD Professional practice-management software, and with Crowell Systems' Medformix software, so system subscribers can place Rx lens orders through VisionWeb. In addition, VisionWeb is launching RouteONE, new software designed to simplify communication from practice-management systems to its network of optical labs. VisionWeb is also kicking off its second-annual "Lab of the Year" program, this year with expanded criteria for determining annual honorees. Ron Barnes, vice president of sales and marketing, said new criteria include an evaluation of a lab's support of VisionWeb through marketing and sales promotion, and votes by VisionWeb members. The award will be presented at the November Optical Laboratories Association meeting. Noted Saddington, "After four years, we think VisionWeb has achieved a critical mass. Our reputation is growing, and we hope we are viewed as a company that will help suppliers, eyecare practitioners and practice management firms be the best they can be." Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:05 Issue: 4/24/2006
VisionWeb Signs Integration Pacts with EMRlogic, Crowell Systems VisionWeb will interface with EMRlogic's OD Professional practice-management software, and with Crowell Systems' Medformix software. Both will allow system subscribers to place Rx lens orders through VisionWeb. In addition, VisionWeb is launching RouteONE, new software designed to simplify communication from practice-management systems to its network of 210 optical labs (soon to be 243 when its integration with Walman Optical begins during the second quarter). VisionWeb is also kicking off its second-annual "Lab of the Year" program, this year with expanded criteria for determining annual honorees. Ron Barnes, vice president of sales and marketing, said new criteria include an evaluation of a lab's support of VisionWeb through marketing and sales promotion, and votes by VisionWeb members. The award will be presented at the November Optical Laboratories Association meeting. Vision Monday Volume Number: 20:05 Issue: 4/2/2006
Walman, VisionWeb Link to Expedite Lens Ordering
VisionWeb Integrates With AIT Tracer |
ELLICOTT CITY, Md.--When billing specialist Lisa Hamilton arrived at Ellicott City Eye Care over six years ago, the doctor was still doing paper claims. But, the system wasn't working well, Hamilton confessed. "We needed something more efficient. It's a very busy private practice." About a year and a half ago, Hamilton tackled the problem by switching to VisionWeb, which eliminated the paperwork and streamlined the billing process. 
