Due to the current issues surrounding the COVID-19 virus, this meeting is cancelled.

Join us for the popular OMIC session during the annual TOA meeting, May 1-2, 2020.

Location: OMNI Fort Worth & Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Date: Friday, May 1, 2020

Time: likely to be early afternoon

Topic: Duty to Patients: Beginning, Ending, and Obligations

Speaker: Michelle Pineda, MBA, 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.

CANCELLED: The ASCRS 2020 meeting cancelled due to the continuing issues surrounding COVID-19 virus.

Join us in Boston for the 2020 American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS-ASOA-IJCAHPO) meeting from May 15-19, 2020. OMIC Committee Member, Michelle S. Ying, MD, and Linda D. Harrison, PhD,  Director of OMIC Risk Management, will present a course to MDs and also to technicians during this meeting.

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2020

Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts at BCEC Meeting Level 2, Room 256

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Topic: Learning the Hard Way: Lessons From Claims Data

OMIC-insured physicians earn a discount on their insurance premium by attending either of these sessions during this conference.  Be sure to sign in while in the room using the OMIC attendance sheets.

For your technicians (no OMIC discount):

Date: Monday, May 18, 2020

Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts at BCEC Meeting Level 1, Room 102AB

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Topic: Learning the Hard Way: Lessons From Claims Data

Register with ASCRS at https://annualmeeting.ascrs.org/

Visit the OMIC booth in the exhibit hall to learn about our new low rates and we’ll be happy to help with all of your questions.

Postponed.  This meeting is being considered as being offered as a virtual meeting.  More information will be provided soon. Join us for an OMIC risk management presentation at the 2020 Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Meeting (MSEPS) on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

Location: Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2020

Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (dinner event)

Topic: Role of Office Staff in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

OMIC Speaker: Laura C. Fine, MD, OMIC Committee Member

10% discount on OMIC premium (at policy renewal) for current MSEPS members who attend this live risk management event and sign in using the OMIC attendance sheets.

The MSEPS website provides additional information: http://mseps.org/

Cancelled. This meeting will not occur.

American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) 2020 Spring Meeting is organized by American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) and will be held from Jun 25 – 28, 2020 at Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City,  Quebec, Canada. This meeting is open to current members of ASOPRS or ASOPRS Candidate Members.

Date of OMIC presentation:   likey to be on Sunday, July 26, 2020

Time: to be announced

Location: Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Topic: to be announced

Speaker:  Ronald W. Pelton, MD, OMIC Board Member

The ASOPRS website updates information regularly:

https://asoprsconf.memberclicks.net/future-spring-meetings

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.

Join OMIC for a physician-specific risk management course at the Southern Eye Congress (formerly known as the Southeast Eye Regional Meeting)  on July 24-26, 2020 in Destin, Florida.

This popular annual gathering is organized by the ophthalmic societies in Alabama (ALAO), Louisiana (LAEPS), Mississippi (MAEPS), and Tennessee (TNAO).

Go to http://www.southerneyecongress.com/

Location:  Grand Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort and Baytowne Conference Center, Destin, Florida.  Go to www.sandestin.com for hotel information or call 1-800-320-8115.

Date: Sunday, July 26, 2020

Time: 11:00 am to 11:30 am

Location:  likely to be Magnolia Room B & C at the Baytowne Conference Center

Topic: to be announced

Speaker: Michelle Pineda, OMIC Risk Manager

Physicians from Alabama (ALAO), Louisiana (LAEPS), Mississippi (MAEPS), and Tennessee (TNAO) can earn a discount for attending the OMIC session at this event. As a current, paid member of his or her respective state society, a physician can earn a 10% discount for attending this OMIC event.

Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure the discount. Learn more about the current discount for your state at OMIC Partners.

This meeting is now scheduled for August 14-15, 2020.

Join us for an OMIC presentation during the 2020 KAEPS meeting held on August 14-15, 2020 in Louisville, KY.  Join us at the society breakfast on the morning on Friday, August 14th. Take a moment to stop by the OMIC booth inside the exhibit hall – bring your questions!

Date: Friday, August 14, 2020

Time:  8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Location: OMNI Hotel Louisville, 400 South 2nd Street, Kentucky

Topic: Duty to Patients: Beginning, Ending, and Obligations

Speaker: Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager

For your practice managers:
Michelle Pineda will present Role of Office Staff in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits on Friday, August 14, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For your technicians:
Michelle Pineda will present Healthcare Cyber Security and Update on EHR Risks on Friday, August 14, from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Current KAEPS members earn a 10% discount on their OMIC insurance for attending this breakfast session. Be sure to sign in while in the presentation room to ensure your OMIC policy discount.

Join us at the OMIC session to be presented at the 2020 Women in Ophthalmology meeting on August 20-22, 2020 at the Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida. Be sure to take some time out of your schedule to stop by our booth with any questions you may have. Go to http://wioonline.org/

Date of OMIC presentation: Saturday, August 22, 2020

Location: Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Topic: Physician Duty: Beginning, Ending and Obligations

Speaker: Christie L. Morse, MD, OMIC Committee Member and Michelle Pineda, MBA, OMIC Risk Manager

Please be sure to sign in while attending the presentation to ensure your OMIC policy discount.

Current members of the WIO can earn a 10% discount on their OMIC insurance premium by attending this OMIC risk management session. Non-WIO members can earn a 5% discount for attendance.  Be sure to sign in while in the room to ensure your discount.

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020

Location: The Saint Kate, The Arts Hotel, inside the Milwaukee Center Office Tower, Milwaukee, WI

Time: to be announced

Topic:  OMIC Risk Management topic 

Speaker:  Linda D. Harrison, PhD, Director of OMIC Risk Management Department

OMIC insureds who are current paid members of WAO and certain sub-specialty societies can earn a 10% discount on their policy renewal for attending this specific OMIC session.

To contact the WAO, call (920) 560-5645 or go to http://www.wieyemd.org

MOVED TO OCTOBER 9 to 11, 2020: Join us at the annual Florida Society of Ophthalmology’s (FSO) “Masters in Ophthalmology” meeting originally scheduled for June 12-14, 2020.  Now the meeting is rescheduled for the dates of  October 9-11, 2020. Attendance at the OMIC session on Sunday morning offers a higher policy discount to current FSO members.

Location: Ritz Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida (phone number is 1-800-780-5727)

Date: Sunday, October 11, 2020

Time:  likely to occur 7:30 am to 8:30 am

Topic: to be announced soon

Speaker: Bradley D. Fouraker, MD, OMIC Board Member

Register with the FSO at http://www.mdeye.org/

Current FSO members can earn a 10% discount on their insurance policy for attending the OMIC session at this meeting.  Be sure to sign in while in the room to ensure your discount.

There is a session on Saturday, October 10, for your nurses and technicians (no OMIC discount offered).  Time and Topic: to be announced soon.

The popular OMIC Bruce Spivey MD Forum at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting 2020 (AAO) is planned for Sunday, November 15, 2020, at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The topic will be Office-based Surgery.

OMIC is offering other AAOE/AAOE/ASORN courses as well during the 2020 AAO meeting.  More information will become available.

AAO 2020 Vision

Nov. 14 – 17, 2020
Sands Expo/Venetian, Las Vegas

Subspecialty Day
Nov. 13 & 14, 2020

AAOE/Practice Management Program (November 15th OMIC Topic: Healthcare Cyber Security)
Nov. 13 – 17, 2020

ASORN Nursing Program
Nov. 13 & 14, 2020

The OMIC Forum is free to AAO meeting registrants.  More information on the OMIC FORUM will become available in 2020.