1. Economics Survey 2016
Friday, January 06, 2017

2. 66 Total Responses Date Created: Thursday, September 15, 2016
Complete Responses: 66

3. Q2: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Optomap
Answered: Skipped: 5

4. Q2: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Optomap
Answered: Skipped: 5

5. Q3: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 9

6. Q3: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 9

7. Q4: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Tonometry
Answered: Skipped: 10

8. Q4: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Tonometry
Answered: Skipped: 10

9. Q5: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 1

10. Q5: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 1

11. Q6: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: VF Threshold
Answered: Skipped: 5

12. Q6: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: VF Threshold
Answered: Skipped: 5

13. Q7: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 2

14. Q7: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 2

15. Q8: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: OCT
Answered: Skipped: 3

16. Q8: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: OCT
Answered: Skipped: 3

17. Q9: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 1

18. Q9: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 1

19. Q10: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Pachymetry
Answered: Skipped: 6

20. Q10: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Pachymetry
Answered: Skipped: 6

21. Q11: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 2

22. Q11: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 2

23. Q12: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Corneal Topography
Answered: Skipped: 2

24. Q12: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Corneal Topography
Answered: Skipped: 2

25. Q13: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 6

26. Q13: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 6

27. Q14: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Reports and Referral Letters
Answered: Skipped: 3

28. Q14: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: Reports and Referral Letters
Answered: Skipped: 3

29. Q15: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 0

30. Q15: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 0

31. Q16: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: SGI Forms
Answered: Skipped: 1

32. Q16: Please indicate the fee for this test if performed separate from standard examination: SGI Forms
Answered: Skipped: 1

33. Q17: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 0

34. Q17: Please indicate here if included with standard examination
Answered: Skipped: 0

35. Q18: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Comprehensive Exam Without Optomap - Note: A comprehensive examination where factors such as case history, family history, refractive ocular health status would indicate a need to perform testing including determination of distance and near corrections, (intraocular pressures), slit lamp examinations, dilated fundus examination and/or binocular assessment and/ or gonioscopy. Intraocular pressures billed separately as required.
Answered: Skipped: 1

36. Q18: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Comprehensive Exam Without Optomap - Note: A comprehensive examination where factors such as case history, family history, refractive ocular health status would indicate a need to perform testing including determination of distance and near corrections, (intraocular pressures), slit lamp examinations, dilated fundus examination and/or binocular assessment and/ or gonioscopy. Intraocular pressures billed separately as required.
Answered: Skipped: 1

37. Q19: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Comprehensive Exam With Optomap - Note: A comprehensive examination where factors such as case history, family history, refractive ocular health status would indicate a need to perform testing including determination of distance and near corrections, (intraocular pressures), slit lamp examinations, dilated fundus examination and/or binocular assessment and/ or gonioscopy. Intraocular pressures billed separately as required.
Answered: Skipped: 3

38. Q19: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Comprehensive Exam With Optomap - Note: A comprehensive examination where factors such as case history, family history, refractive ocular health status would indicate a need to perform testing including determination of distance and near corrections, (intraocular pressures), slit lamp examinations, dilated fundus examination and/or binocular assessment and/ or gonioscopy. Intraocular pressures billed separately as required.
Answered: Skipped: 3

39. Q20: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Partial Exam - Note: A partial exam is a level of service pertaining to the evaluation of a condition requiring an abbreviated history and examination. For example: Evaluation of sore eyes or refraction check.
Answered: Skipped: 0

40. Q20: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Partial Exam - Note: A partial exam is a level of service pertaining to the evaluation of a condition requiring an abbreviated history and examination. For example: Evaluation of sore eyes or refraction check.
Answered: Skipped: 0

41. Q21: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Binocular Vision Assessment
Answered: Skipped: 1

42. Q21: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Binocular Vision Assessment
Answered: Skipped: 1

43. Q22: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Low Vision Exam
Answered: Skipped: 0

44. Q22: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Low Vision Exam
Answered: Skipped: 0

45. Q23: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Post Cataracts Followup
Answered: Skipped: 0

46. Q23: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Post Cataracts Followup
Answered: Skipped: 0

47. Q24: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Initial Glaucoma Workup
Answered: Skipped: 0

48. Q24: Please indicate your fee for the following services assuming this was a separate exam where a non-benefit patient booked for this service: Initial Glaucoma Workup
Answered: Skipped: 0

49. Q25: Do you employ a: CAO Certified Optometric Assistant
Answered: Skipped: 0

50. Q25: Do you employ a: CAO Certified Optometric Assistant
Answered: Skipped: 0

51. Q26: Do you employ a: AOA Registered Optometric Assistant
Answered: Skipped: 0

52. Q26: Do you employ a: AOA Registered Optometric Assistant
Answered: Skipped: 0

53. Q27: Do you employ a: Assistant/Technician
Answered: Skipped: 1

54. Q27: Do you employ a: Assistant/Technician
Answered: Skipped: 1

55. Q28: Do you employ a: Licensed Dispenser
Answered: Skipped: 0

56. Q28: Do you employ a: Licensed Dispenser
Answered: Skipped: 0

57. Q29: In the next year does your office wish to: Take on an Associate?
Answered: Skipped: 2

58. Q29: In the next year does your office wish to: Take on an Associate?
Answered: Skipped: 2

59. Q30: In the next year does your office wish to: Amalgamate or sell the practice?
Answered: Skipped: 1

60. Q30: In the next year does your office wish to: Amalgamate or sell the practice?
Answered: Skipped: 1

61. Q31: In the next year does your office wish to: Hire someone to work locum?
Answered: Skipped: 1

62. Q31: In the next year does your office wish to: Hire someone to work locum?
Answered: Skipped: 1

63. Q32: What is the average waiting period for a patient to see an OD in your office?
Answered: Skipped: 0

64. Q32: What is the average waiting period for a patient to see an OD in your office?
Answered: Skipped: 0

65. Q33: Does your office access the Pharmacy Information Program (PIP)?
Answered: Skipped: 0

66. Q33: Does your office access the Pharmacy Information Program (PIP)?
Answered: Skipped: 0

67. Q34: How many staff in your office have delegated access to PIP?
Answered: Skipped: 8

68. Q34: How many staff in your office have delegated access to PIP?
Answered: Skipped: 8

69. Q35: Do you have any specific PIP privacy guidelines in place?
Answered: Skipped: 6

70. Q35: Do you have any specific PIP privacy guidelines in place?
Answered: Skipped: 6

71. Q36: Is your office registered with the SK Health Patient Provider User Program?
Answered: Skipped: 1

72. Q36: Is your office registered with the SK Health Patient Provider User Program?
Answered: Skipped: 1

73. Q37: How many staff in your office have delegated access to the Provider Viewer?
Answered: Skipped: 3

74. Q37: How many staff in your office have delegated access to the Provider Viewer?
Answered: Skipped: 3

75. Q38: Does your office track when prescriptions leave your office?
Answered: Skipped: 0

76. Q38: Does your office track when prescriptions leave your office?
Answered: Skipped: 0

77. Q39: Do you charge a fee if a replacement prescription is requested?
Answered: Skipped: 0

78. Q39: Do you charge a fee if a replacement prescription is requested?
Answered: Skipped: 0

79. Q40: If you have answered, yes: what is your fee?
Answered: Skipped: 14

80. Q40: If you have answered, yes: what is your fee?
Answered: Skipped: 14

81. Q41: How many employees do you have per doctor in your clinic. (e. g
Q41: How many employees do you have per doctor in your clinic? (e.g. 5 OD’s with 20 full time employees is 4 employees per OD)
Answered: Skipped: 2

82. Q41: How many employees do you have per doctor in your clinic. (e. g
Q41: How many employees do you have per doctor in your clinic? (e.g. 5 OD’s with 20 full time employees is 4 employees per OD)
Answered: Skipped: 2

83. Q42: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Net Income (Prof Fees & dispensing)
Answered: Skipped: 5

84. Q42: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Net Income (Prof Fees & dispensing)
Answered: Skipped: 5

85. Q43: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Material Cost
Answered: Skipped: 5

86. Q43: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Material Cost
Answered: Skipped: 5

87. Q44: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Wages and Benefits
Answered: Skipped: 5

88. Q44: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Wages and Benefits
Answered: Skipped: 5

89. Q45: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Administration/office expenses
Answered: Skipped: 4

90. Q45: Assume your total gross is all the revenue taken into the clinic (Professional fees and dispensing of contact lenses and spectacles) What percentage is the following of your total gross?Administration/office expenses
Answered: Skipped: 4

91. Q46: Average hourly rate of employees: Receptionist
Answered: Skipped: 7

92. Q46: Average hourly rate of employees: Receptionist
Answered: Skipped: 7

93. Q47: Average hourly rate of employees: Pretest Assistant
Answered: Skipped: 10

94. Q47: Average hourly rate of employees: Pretest Assistant
Answered: Skipped: 10

95. Q48: Average hourly rate of employees: Frame Stylist
Answered: Skipped: 13

96. Q48: Average hourly rate of employees: Frame Stylist
Answered: Skipped: 13

97. Q49: Average hourly rate of employees: Licensed Ophthalmic Dispenser
Answered: Skipped: 17

98. Q49: Average hourly rate of employees: Licensed Ophthalmic Dispenser
Answered: Skipped: 17

99. Q50: Average hourly rate of employees: Contact Lens Technician
Answered: Skipped: 16

100. Q50: Average hourly rate of employees: Contact Lens Technician
Answered: Skipped: 16