The definitive textbook on setting up and managing an optometric practice. This edition features new material on financial and legal aspects, binocular vision practice, low vision practice, third-party reimbursement and managed care, and merging practices.

Introduction
1. Practice Demographics
2. Self-Employment Options
3. Purchasing a Practice
4. Employment Options
5. Principles of Negotiation
6. Employment Agreements
7. Partnership Agreements
8. Practice Purchase Agreements
9. Deciding Where to Practice
10. Practice Financing
11. Obtaining a Business Loan
12. Understanding Office Leases
13. Office Design
14. Instrumentation and Equipment
15. Selecting and Using an Optical Laboratory
16. In-House Laboratories
17. Organizing an Office
18. Selecting an Office Staff
19. Managing an Office Staff
20. Patient Communications
21. Interprofessional Relations
22. Use of Computers
23. Recall Systems
24. Ophthalmic Dispensing
25. Contact Lens Practice
26. Fees and Accounting Systems
27. Credit and Collections
28. Third-Party Reimbursement (Managed Care)
29. Medicare and Medicaid
30. Individual Income Taxes
31. Business Taxes
32. Tax Reporting
33. Analysis of Practice Economics and Growth
34. Life Insurance
35. Disability Insurance
36. Liability Insurance
37. Personal Insurance
38. Marketing a Practice
39. Risk Management
40. Financial Planning
41. Estate Planning

Edited by Association of Practice Management Educators; John G. Classe, OD, JD, The Association of Practice Management Educators, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA; Lawrence S. Thal, OD, MBA, Associate Clinical Professor of Optometry, University of California School of Optometry, Berkeley, CA; Roger D Kamen, OD, MS, Assistant Professor of Optometry, Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University, Big Rapids; and Ronald S. Rounds, OD, Associate Professor of Optometry, College of Optometry, Northeastern State University College of Optometry, Tahlequah, OK