OMIC will offer an risk management session during annual Ohio Ophthalmological Society (OOS) meeting planned for Saturday, February 19, 2022
Location of OOS 2021 meeting: Hilton Columbus at Easton, 3900 Chagrin Drive, Columbus, Ohio
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 pm
Speaker: Linda H. Harrison, PhD, vice-president of OMIC Risk Management
Topic: OMIC Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery
The OOS website updates information regularly: https://www.ohioeye.org/aws/OSMA/pt/sp/OOS_home_page
OMIC insureds who are current, paid OOS members who attend this OMIC online course at this event will earn a 10% premium discount. Be sure to register properly for this event and your attendance will be added to your OMIC policy records.
For your techs and nurses:
Linda D. Harrison, PhD, OMIC vice-president of risk management, will present OMIC Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery on Saturday, February 19, at 10:25 am.
THE WDCMOS 2022 MEETING is being planned for Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
Virtual event scheduled for 2/23/2022 at 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Topic: OMIC Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery
Speakers: Daniel M. Berinstein, MD, OMIC Committee Member, and Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager
This event is open to WDCMOS members. Contact the WDCMOS to register. Digital invitations were sent on 1/14/2022 to WDCMOS members.
Current WDCMOS members who attend this risk management presentation will receive a 10% discount on the OMIC premium and non-WDCMOS members will receive a 5% discount. Be sure to sign-in while at the event to ensure your OMIC policy discount.

Join us for an OMIC risk management seminar during the 2022 Washington Academy of Eye Physician and Surgeons (WAEPS) meeting.
Date: Friday, March 11, 2022
Place: Washington State Convention Center, 708 Pike, Seattle, WA
Time: likely 8:00 a.m.
Topic: Great Expectations: Informed Consent- What Plaintiff Attorneys Don’t Want You to Know
Speakers: Daniel J. Briceland, MD, OMIC Board Member and Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager
Go to: https://www.waeps.org/annual-meeting
Be sure to sign in while in the physician presentation room to ensure your OMIC discount. Current WAEPS physician members earn a 10% discount for completion of this activity.
For your technicians:
Our speakers will present the same topic to technicians at 9:50 am: Great Expectations: Informed Consent- What Plaintiff Attorneys Don’t Want You to Know
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Tentative WAEPS 2022 Meeting Agenda
Thursday, March 10
- Coding Meeting: 7:00- 4:00 PM
- WAEPS Physician Reception: 6:30-7:00 PM
- WAEPS Physician Dinner and CME Lectures: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Friday, March 11
- Practice Management Meeting: 7:30 AM -4:30 PM
- Tech Meeting Lectures & Workshops: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
- Physician Meeting: 8:00 AM – 5:15 PM
- Presidents Cocktail Reception: 5:15 – 5:45 PM

Join us in Pittsburgh, PA on March 11, 2022, for the 57th Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting.
Date: Friday, March 11, 2022
Time: 9:50 am to 10:25 am and also 2:25 pm to 3:10 pm
Location: OMNI William Penn Hotel, 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA (Telephone: 412-281-7100)
Topic: Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery
OMIC Speaker: Chris V. Albanis, MD, OMIC Committee Member
For your technicians:
Chris V. Albanis, MD, will speak on March 11 at 8:40 am to 9:40 am and the topic is Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery.
To register, refer to the event website:
https://www.pghoph.org/57thAnnual
To contact the Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society, call (412) 321-5030
Join us for a virtual/live OMIC risk management session for HOS members of the 2022 Hawai`i Ophthalmological Society.
This event is offered to current ophthalmologists who are members of HOS.
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m., Hawai`i Standard Time
Location: virtual
Topic: Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery
Speaker: Andrew G. Iwach, MD, OMIC Committee Member and Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager
The HOS website is: http://hawaiiophthalmology.org/
Current HOS members earn a 10% discount upon renewal of their OMIC insurance premium. For HOS membership and organization information, contact Jessica Nichols at (808) 536-5039
Join us in Rosemont on Friday, March 18, 2022, for an OMIC risk management session during the ISEPS 2022 meeting in Rosemont, Illinois.
Date: Friday, March 18, 2022
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. (updated on 3/2/2022)
Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont, Illinois
Topic: Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery
Speakers: Chris V. Albanis, MD, OMIC Committee Member, and Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager
For your practice administrators:
Ms. Pineda will present Lessons Learned from Cataract Surgery earlier in the day during the session planned for practice administrators. Refer to the meeting program for further information.
Be sure to register with the ISEPS Home (ileyemd.org)

Join us for the 2022 meeting of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (AAPOS) on March 23-27, 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The OMIC session is on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Be sure stop by the OMIC booth at the event with any questions you have, and receive a free quote.
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Location: Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona (Telephone: 480-624-1000)
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Topic: Best Practices in Informed Consent, Documentation and Disclosure of Medical Errors
Speakers: Denise R. Chamblee, MD, OMIC Board Member and R. Michael Siatkowski, MD, OMIC Committee Member
The AAPOS website updates information regularly: go to http://www.aapos.org/
OMIC insureds who are also current AAPOS members and who attend this course will earn a 10% premium discount!
Join OMIC and the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology’s (PAO) for a virtual online event on April 12, 2022. Attendance at the OMIC session on April 12th at 4:30 pm offers a policy discount.
Location: virtual
Website: https://www.paeyemds.org/
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time
Topic: Documentation & Your Practice
Speaker: Elizabeth Syer, Esq.
Register with the PAO
Current PAO members can earn a 10% discount for attending the OMIC session at this meeting. Be sure to sign in while in the room to ensure your discount.

Join us for the popular OMIC session during the annual TOA meeting, April 29-30, 2022.
Location: Hilton Americas-Houston
Date: Friday, April 29, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Topic: OMIC Risk Management Topic
Speaker: Jane Mock, CPHRM, OMIC Risk Manager
Register with the TOA at https://www.texaseyes.org/toa-annual-meeting
OMIC insureds who are current members of the Texas Ophthalmological Association (TOA) will receive a 10% discount upon renewal of their OMIC insurence premium year. Non-TOA members will receive a 5% discount.
Michelle Pineda plan to present a JCAHPO talk at this meeting titled Healthcare Cyber Security. Time and location to be announced.

The 2022 Spring ASOPRS Meeting (American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) is planned for May 12 to May 15, 2022 at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. This meeting is open to current members of ASOPRS or ASOPRS Candidate Members.
Date of OMIC presentation: Friday, May 13, 2022
Time of May 13th presentation: 11:30 am to 12 noon
Location: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Topic: Office-Based Surgery
Speaker: Robert G. Fante, MD, OMIC Board Member
The ASOPRS website updates information regularly:
https://asoprsconf.memberclicks.net/members-only-spring-meeting
OMIC insureds/ASOPRS members who attend this course will earn a 10% premium discount! Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC discount.
In Person Registration Includes: Admission to all Scientific Sessions, Friday, Saturday and Sunday breakfasts and breaks, President’s Welcome Reception (Thursday) and the Annual Banquet/New Member Inductions (Saturday). Optional events include Senior ASOPRS (SASPORS) Lunch Session and a “Stop the Bleed” program, both to be held on Friday.