Thursday, November 29, 2012

HOW TO FILL “HOLES” IN THE APPOINTMENT BOOK FOR A OPTOMETRIST


Here is a list of “places to go” when confronted with holes in the schedule.  This can be used as a checklist when trying to fill the appointment book.


  1. If you have e-mail where patients can ask for appointments, such as with Demand Force, Eyecare Advantage or Vision2020Online check your e-mail.

  1. Maintain – and check – your “short call list”.

  1. Look for any family members of patients who are already scheduled who are overdue and need to come in.

  1. Maintain – and check – a “missed appointment list”:  listing any patient who has missed an appointment who has not yet rescheduled.

  1. For regular optical appointments, look at the “overdue recall list”.

  1. To fill medical appointments, check on patients coming in for medical exams who might be overdue for a medical eye exam.

  1. Look at later days for any treatment that could be brought forward.

  1. “Incomplete optical care list”.

  1. Reactivation list.

  1. Toward the end of the year, call patients with unused insurance benefits.

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