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re: Optometry: LA HB 1065/SB 568: What if your Louisiana Eye Surgeon is NOT an MD?
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:47 pm to LATigerdoc
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:47 pm to LATigerdoc
Dang that sounds like a surgery.....
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Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:48 pm to LATigerdoc
Now where do you get training in a procedure that's not legal in 48 states?
This post was edited on 5/12/14 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:48 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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Presumably they will receive comparable training in those procedures.
There's nothing in the bill requiring this training. Put that in the bill, and I'll listen.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:49 pm to medtiger
Senate votes it down. Watch..
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:52 pm to LATigerdoc
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Now how's a trabeculoplasty work?
The laser is aimed through a gonio prism at the angle and a series of laser spots are shot into the trabecular mesh work for either 180 or 360 degrees depending on the surgeon's preference.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:52 pm to medtiger
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There's nothing in the bill requiring this training. Put that in the bill, and I'll listen.
So they're going to go in cold and ruin people's sight left and right, and the answer to that is legislation spelling out what their training should be, just like everything in "real" medicine and surgery.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:53 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Your green man has nystagmus
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:54 pm to LATigerdoc
Let's get predictions on the Senate vote
Imma say 23 NO, 12 yes, 4 abstain
Imma say 23 NO, 12 yes, 4 abstain
This post was edited on 5/12/14 at 11:55 pm
Posted on 5/12/14 at 11:59 pm to LATigerdoc
You so scared of losing money. If you are good, this shouldnt matter to you Dr Apu.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:01 am to LATigerdoc
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Let's get predictions on the Senate vote
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:04 am to Spock's Eyebrow
I don't know if they'll "go in cold" or not. They can if they want. My big issue with this is the oversight. Put this under the medical board, and I'm really not terribly opposed. I'd still rather it not pass, but I'm not going to get excited about it.
And the answer to an OD who goes in cold and ruins someone's eyesight should be a review by the medical board, just like an MD would be subjected to for the same procedure. The ODs want to eat their cake and have it to.
And the answer to an OD who goes in cold and ruins someone's eyesight should be a review by the medical board, just like an MD would be subjected to for the same procedure. The ODs want to eat their cake and have it to.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:05 am to Stringer Bell
But but but.... He cares about the kids man
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:05 am to LATigerdoc
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Let's get predictions on the Senate vote
Something close to the opposite of what you posted. 24-10 for with some abstentions.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:07 am to Stringer Bell
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You so scared of losing money.
I think it's funny that the MDs are being attacked for their greed when the sole reason ODs have proposed this bill is to increase their revenue stream.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:12 am to medtiger
I don't see that happening because they would get sued into oblivion and wouldn't be able to get insurance, loans to buy their own equipment, or obtain privileges in facilities that have the equipment.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:13 am to medtiger
Got proof? MDs are fo sho greedy. Look at all the ones who push a pharma drug patients dont need. Far worse imo.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 12:16 am
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:16 am to medtiger
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I think it's funny that the MDs are being attacked for their greed when the sole reason ODs have proposed this bill is to increase their revenue stream.
What do you care if someone wants to make more money? How un-American!
Thanks to Zenni and the rest, they can't rely so much on dispensing overpriced glasses anymore. Serious question: Is that part of it?Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:17 am to medtiger
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I think it's funny that the MDs are being attacked for their greed when the sole reason ODs have proposed this bill is to increase their revenue stream.
I think you have it all wrong D. These Optometrists just want to help more people in all the rural areas. Why are you so opposed to me getting my groceries, some underwear and an eye surgery at Walmart brah?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:18 am to Spock's Eyebrow
All of what you stated is a big reason I'm not too concerned with ODs trying to compete with MDs. I'm not sure how they're going to get malpractice insurance when they've only had a weekend course worth of training, and I don't see them spending $40,000 up front on a laser to do the procedures they are asking for.
In the long run, this could actually benefit both groups if they'd work together. I could hire an optometrist and personally train him/her to do some of these procedures, then have the OD doing those while I focus on the surgery I like to do. It would be a win-win.
In the long run, this could actually benefit both groups if they'd work together. I could hire an optometrist and personally train him/her to do some of these procedures, then have the OD doing those while I focus on the surgery I like to do. It would be a win-win.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:20 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Bill is suppose to be about access to care. I don't think ODs are going into this with the idea that they are going to get rich off doing a few YAGs and chalazion removals.
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