Join us for a OMIC risk management presentation in association with The Cornea Society during the weekend of September 27-28, 2024. This event is only available to current AUPO FCC Fellows. 

Date: September 28, 2024

Location: Lions Eye World Vision in Tampa, Florida

Time: 7:30 a.m.

Topic: Risk Management 101

Speaker: Jeannette Domask, MPH, CPHRM, OMIC Risk Manager

OMIC insureds receive a discount on OMIC premium (at policy renewal) for current Cornea Society members who attend this live risk management event.  Be sure to scan the QR code during the presentation.

Join OMIC for an evening of dinner and risk management presentation offered by the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians (CSEP).

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Time: evening

Location: The Mark Twain, 351 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT

Topic: Lessons Learned: When Safety Protocols Fail

Speaker: Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager

Contact CSEP director, Debbie Osborn, for additional information.

Current CSEP physician members can receive a discount on their OMIC insurance premium for attending the physician presentation.  Be sure to register properly so your attendance can be captured and your discount applied to your OMIC policy.

Join OMIC at a session presented during the ASOPRS Sub-Specialty Day on Friday, October 18, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, during the AAO Annual Meeting.

Date: Friday, October 18, 2024

Time:  9:30 am to 10:10 am

Location of Room: TBA–check ASOPRS program at the McCormick Place Convention Center

Topic: The Unhappy Patient: Can I Avoid a Lawsuit and What Happens If I Can’t?

Speakers: Robert G. Fante, MD, OMIC Board Member, and Ronald W. Pelton, MD, PhD, PC, OMIC Board Member

Registration:  Go to  https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting/subspecialty-day 

The annual OMIC Members’ Meeting at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting 2024 (AAO) is planned for Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. This is an in-person event.

Date:  Saturday, October 19, 2024

Time: 1:15 p.m.to 1:45 p.m.

Location:  Room E351

Event: OMIC Members’ Annual Meeting

Presenter: Bill Fleming, MBA, OMIC President & CEO

The annual meeting of the members of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (a Risk Retention Group) will be held in order to elect directors of the company and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. OMIC President & CEO Bill Fleming will report on the company’s latest results. Free to AAO meeting registrants.

Join OMIC for a course offered to IJCAHPO members on Saturday, October 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, during the AAO Annual Meeting.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024

Time:  1:20 pm to 2:20 pm

Location of Room: Grand Hall K at the McCormick Place Convention Center

Topic: Lessons Learned from Closed Claims: When Protocols Fail (Course 04SA-5)

Speaker: OMIC Risk Manager, Hans K. Bruhn, MHS

Registration:  Go to https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting

Join OMIC at a session presented by the American Society of Ophthalmic Nurses (ASORN) on Saturday, October 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, during the AAO Annual Meeting. The entire ASORN event is scheduled for 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024

Time of OMIC presentation:  9:10 am to 10:10 am

Location of Room: S501ABC at the McCormick Place Convention Center

Topic: Consents and Our Responsibilities (SPE02)

Speaker: Jeannette Domask, MPH, CPHRM, OMIC Risk Manager

Registration:  Go to http://www.asorn.org/annual_meeting/registration

The annual meeting of the AAO in 2024 occurs October 18-21, 2024.  Go to: https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting/chicago

The popular annual OMIC Bruce Spivey MD Forum at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting 2024 (AAO) is scheduled for October 19, 2024 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

OMIC BRUCE SPIVEY MD FORUM 2024 

This popular hour-and-a-half event will begin at 2:00 p.m.

Date:  Saturday, October 19, 2024

Time: 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Location:  Room E-350 at the McCormick Place Convention Center

Topic: Lessons Learned From Glaucoma Claims (SYM17)

Speakers: Gregory L. Skuta, MD, OMIC Board Member, and Andrew G. Iwach, MD, OMIC Board Member, and OMIC Vice President of Risk Management, Linda D. Harrison, PhD.

Note: The Opening Overview presented by Bill Fleming, MBA, OMIC President & CEO

Free to AAO meeting registrants.  Be sure to have the OMIC staff scan your AAO attendee badge to ensure that you receive your OMIC policy discount.

Join OMIC for an Academy Ethics course on Sunday, October 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, during the AAO Annual Meeting.

Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Time:  12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location of Room: Academy Theater

Topic: Informed Consent: Ethical Concerns, Documentation, and Risk Management

Speakers: AAO and OMIC staff

Registration:  Go to https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting

Be sure to scan the QR code offered at the session to obtain your OMIC insurance policy discount.

Join OMIC for Course 493 on Sunday, October 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, during the AAO Annual Meeting.

Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Time:  3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

Location of Room: Room S505

Topic: Documentation Strategies for Minimizing Risk

Speaker: Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager

Registration:  Go to https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting

Join OMIC for a course on Monday, October 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, during the AAO Annual Meeting.

Date: Monday, October 21, 2024

Time:  11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Location of Room: Check program

Topic: Strategic Risk Management to Minimize Malpractice Exposure

Speaker: Jeannette Domask, MPH, CPHRM, OMIC Risk Manager

Registration:  Go to https://www.aao.org/annual-meeting