Live Seminars
Join the Colorado Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons (CSEPS) and OMIC for an evening of risk management discussion on January 28, 2019.
Date: Monday, January 28, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm for dinner; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm for presentation
Place: CSEPS Office in Denver, Colorado
Topic: Don’t Drop the Ball! OMIC Risk Management Issues
Speaker: Robert G. Fante, MD, OMIC Committee Member
Register at the CSEPS event site: https://www.cseps.org/
Current CSEPS members earn a 10% discount upon renewal of their insurance premium. Be sure to sign in during the event to ensure your discount.
Join OMIC for a risk management session at the KCSO&O at their 2019 winter meeting. This specific meeting is for members of the Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2019
Time: 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Location: Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS
Topic: Co-Management: Medical Malpractice Liability & Risk Management
Speaker: Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager
Go to https://kansascitysoo.org/
or contact INMED, 2340 E. Meyer Blvd., Building 1, Suite 338, Kansas City, MO 64132
Current KSEPS physician members can receive a 10% discount on their OMIC insurance premium for attending the physician presentation. Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room.
Join OMIC for a risk management presentation at the 68th annual meeting of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology (NOAO) in New Orleans, February 15-17, 2019.
Location: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA
Date: Friday, February 15, 2019
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Title: Informed Consent: What Plaintiff Attorneys Don’t Want You to Know
Speaker: Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager
For technicians:
Hans Bruhn will present the same topic, Informed Consent: What Plaintiff Attorneys Don’t Want You to Know, during the technician session on Saturday, February 16, 2019. Check program from more details.
Register at the website: https://www.noao.org
OMIC insureds earn a 10% discount on their OMIC premium if they are current, paid members of the ALAO, LAEPS, and MAEPS.
A one-time 10% discount will apply for current NOAO members.
OMIC insureds who are not member of these state societies will receive a 5% discount on their OMIC policy upon renewal.
OMIC will offer a risk management session at the annual Ohio Ophthalmological Society (OOS) meeting planned for Saturday, February 23, 2019.
Location: Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio
Time: afternoon
Speaker: Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager
Topic: Risky co-management – Lessons Learned
The OOS website updates information regularly: https://oos.osma.org/
Note to physicians: Be sure to complete the individual sign-in sheet while attending the OMIC session to ensure your discount. OMIC insureds who are current, paid OOS members who attend this OMIC course at this meeting will earn a 10% premium discount. Visit the OMIC booth in the exhibit hall with any questions.
For your nurses and technicians:
Michelle Pineda will offer one session to nurses and technicians on Saturday morning, February 23, at 8:00 a.m. Topic: Do’s and Don’ts in the Era of Electronic Medical Records.
A Panel Discussion For Everyone:
Michelle Pineda will be a panelist for a discussion on Surviving a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit at 1:45-2:30 p.m. (No OMIC discount is offered for attending this session.)
Join us on Friday, March 1, 2019 for the 40th winter meeting of the Utah Ophthalmology Society (UOS). To register, go to http://utaheyemds.org/
Location: The Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT
Time: 9:30 am to 10:15 am
Speaker: Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager
Topic: Co-management Liability and Risk Management
UOS members who are OMIC insureds earn a 10% discount for attending this OMIC risk management session. Be sure to sign in while in the room to ensure your discount.
For technicians & nurses:
Hans Bruhn will present a course on Saturday, March 2. Check program for details.
Join us in Rosemont on Friday, March 8, 2019, for a risk management OMIC presentation. The ISEPS 2019 meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the OMIC session is scheduled to be the last session of the day.
Date: Friday, March 8, 2019
Time: 4:45 p.m.
Location: Donald Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, IL
Topic: to be announced
Speaker: Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, OMIC Risk Manager
Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC discount. Average premium discount is more than $2,000!
Join us in Warren, Vermont, for a risk management OMIC presentation during the 2019 Vermont Ophthalmological Society semi-annual meeting.
Location: Sugarbush Ski Resort in Warren, Vermont
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2019
Time: afternoon session
Topic: Co-Management: Medical Malpractice Liability & Risk Management
Speaker: Michelle Pineda, OMIC Risk Manager
OMIC insured physicians who are VOS members and MAEPS members (Maine society) receive a 10% discount on their OMIC insurance premium upon renewal. Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC discount.
THE WDCMOS 2019 MEETING is beginning at 6 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (More information forthcoming soon.)
Join us for an evening of risk management discussion at the 2019 meeting of the Washington DC Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. This is an evening event beginning at 6:00 pm. The talk will begin after the event meal.
Speaker: TBA
Topic: OMIC Risk Management Topic
Location: TBA
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm approximately. The presentation will begin at 7:00 pm
This event is open to WDCMOS members. Be sure to sign-in while at the event to ensure your OMIC policy discount. Contact the WDCMOS to register.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is presenting its Second Annual two-day Business Summit in Rosemont, Illinois, on March 23-24, 2019.
This session does offer an OMIC policy discount for attendance. On March 23rd at 9:40 a.m., Robert E. Wiggins, Jr., MD, MHA, OMIC Board Member and Linda D. Harrison, OMIC Director of Risk Management will present:
- Prepare for Change: Disruptive Technologies & Trends in Ophthalmic Practice (9:40 am-10:40 am)
An additional event is planned. This session listed below does not offer an OMIC policy discount for attendance. On March 23rd at 3:30 p.m., Linda D. Harrison, OMIC Director of Risk Management, along with Robert Melendez MD, MBA, and Kristin Carter, MD, will present:
- Develop a Culture of Excellence in Your Practice
(3:30 pm-4:30 pm)
Go to: https://www.aao.org/practice-management/business-summit/about-the-summit
Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room at the 9:40 a.m. session to ensure your OMIC discount. OMIC insureds who are current members of certain ophthalmic societies and who attend the 9:40 a.m.presentation will receive a 10% discount upon renewal of their OMIC policy. Non-society members will receive a 5% discount.
Join us for the 2019 meeting of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (AAPOS) on March 27-31 2019 in San Diego, California. The OMIC session is on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Be sure stop by the OMIC booth at the event with any questions you have, and receive a free quote.
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Time: 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm
Topic: Duty: Beginning, Ending & Obligations
Speakers: Robert E. Wiggins, Jr, MD, OMIC board member and Anne M. Menke, RN, PhD, OMIC Patient Safety Manager
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! Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC discount.
For Your Administrators:
On Saturday, March 30, at 8:30 am to 11:30 am, Anne Menke will answer your risk management and patient safety questions. Bring them and join the discussion.
