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The NJSOP is continuously adding new member benefits to its already long list of discounts, member-only information, and assistance programs! We have benefits for optometrists in all sorts of practice modalities and in any career stage. To view benefit details, please use the below tabs.
An approved NJSOP Member Benefit is an approved relationship between NJSOP and an external company. The approval is not an exclusive agreement or endorsement of the company/consultant or product/services. Promotions and advertisements include a disclaimer that NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place in their practice.
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Benefits Promoting & Assisting ODs in Private Practice
*NEW BENEFIT* Compliance Solutions with PCS
Contact PCS to learn about the 20% NJSOP member discount on all PCS compliance packages and the special discounts on other offerings such as onsite overhaul services. Take advantage of a FREE initial compliance consultation offered to all NJSOP members!
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
*NEW BENEFIT* Financial Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
*NEW BENEFIT* Marketing Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Child Care Savings
The NJSOP knows that many of our members have growing families and finding affordable child care can be a difficult and time consuming task! Luckily our partnership with Lightbridge Academy (formerly Rainbow Academy) can help you save on that expense.
Lightbridge Academy offers NJSOP members child care discounts at each of their New Jersey locations. The independently owned centers are known for their ParentView Internet Monitoring capabilities, state-of-the-art security systems, early education programs, and "green" classrooms!
Members: Click here for the Lightbridge Academy Info Flyer and additional details.
The Learning Experience® (TLE®) Academies of Early Education are more than just child care centers. Our centers will give your child the opportunity to receive an early start to their education and help them achieve their greatest capabilities. From top to bottom, our safe and secure centers are purpose-built for children to learn, play and grow!
Come find our why more than 90% of our preschool graduates are reading by the time they enter Kindergarten.
Employee Discount: 10% off tuition plus waived extended care fees at all participating centers
NJSOP Members can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of your dues bill.
NJSOP member's staff can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of the official flier available here -- You must sign in to access the flier.
Hours of Operation: 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
Website: www.thelearningexperience.com
Virtual Tour: http://thelearningexperience.com/tle-centers/virtual-tour
Find a center near you: http://thelearningexperience.com/our-centers/near
NJSOP does not specifically endorse these companies or services but encourages members to consider if it has a place their professional life.
Continuing Education Discounts
Licensed optometrists practicing in New Jersey are required to earn 50 credits per biennial period.
NJSOP Continuing Education Opportunities
The NJSOP offers a variety of continuing education seminars throughout the year for which members receive a 50% discount on registration fees
Click here to read more about the below annual NJSOP continuing education events. Or visit the events calendar here.
- Snow School – January (family focused venue)
- Spring Virtual CE – March/April
- Summer CE – July
- Therapy by the Sea – October
- Managed Care – December
Want to learn from home? Visit the NJSOP online CE library here.
AOA Learning
The AOA also provides member discounts on CE via their AOA EyeLearn professional development platform.
Energy Plus Rewards Program
Earn Cash Back on Your Energy Bills!
As the preferred energy supplier of the NJSOP, Energy Plus® can help members earn Cash Back on their business or home energy bills. You'll earn Cash Back while still receiving the same delivery service from your local utility company.
Unique member benefits include:
- Earn 5% Cash Back on your electricity supply charges each year for your business (or 3% for your home)
- Receive a $50 sign-up bonus when you enroll your business (or $25 for home electric accounts)
- Earn an additional 3%-5% annual Cash Back and a $25 Activation Bonus after two months of active service when you choose to enroll your natural gas account.
- Enjoy the same delivery service without monthly service fees or long-term commitments
To learn more about the program—or enroll Click Here.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
First Financial Merchant Services
First Financial has served as the Member Benefit Partner to the NJSOP for Merchant Services for past seven years. They are the industry leader in providing Optometry association members the very best in payment card solutions.
They consult with thousands of optometrists, nationwide, every year, in order to use their knowledge to improve the ways you get paid. That is why they process over 100 Million Dollars annually for Optometrists like you.
For more information, please call Cam Higgins at 404-735-6555, email him at camhiggins@ffusaeyes.com or visit his website and www.ffusaeyes.com.
We See Your Business Better
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Group Buying Opportunities
ABB Optical Group is a leading distributor of optical products in the United States, supplying nearly two-thirds of eye care professionals across the country with brand name contact lenses, fully customizable gas permeable, and custom specialty soft contact lenses, ophthalmic lenses and more. Our state-of-the-art DIGITAL EYE LAB is a fully automated optical lab dedicated to freeform digital lens fabrication. ABB also offers our customers practice-building services such as pricing strategy tools, business reviews, annual supply staff training, and e-commerce solutions! Contact your ABB OPTICAL Account Manager for information regarding special incentives for NJSOP Members - 800-852-8089.
Insurance savings with The Gandelman Agency
The Gandelman Agency is the endorsed insurance agency of The New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians. The Gandelman Agency offers NJSOP members the following insurance coverages:
- Professional Liability
- Business Owners Package
- Workers' Compensation
- Automobile
- Homeowners
- Disability
- Long-Term Care
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
Click the terms above for more information on the savings!
NJSOP members can click here to visit the Gandelman Agency Website.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Job and Classified Ad Postings - free to members!
The NJSOP.org classified ads section receives over 20% of the entire website’s traffic, so placing an ad on the NJSOP classifieds is a great way to get your message out there whether you’re a recent graduate looking for a job, an established optometrist looking to hire, or on the brink of retirement and looking to sell.
For members, placing an ad is completely free (non-members pay $500) and the ad is posted to the website as well as the NJSOP Newsletter, Eye on New Jersey.
To take advantage of this great member benefit, click here!
Legal Service Plan
Legal Service Plan
An inexpensive way to protect yourself and your practice.
Click here for enrollment instructions and additional details.
Legal Service Plan Provider
Mr. James A. Schragger, Esq. - Schragger, Schragger and Lavine, P.C.
Listserve access for members only
When you’re a member of the NJSOP you have information and answers at your fingertips 24/7. More reliable than an online forum and more convenient than a list of phone numbers, the NJSOP Listserve is an email-based tool which allows members to post questions and concerns of any magnitude and receive feedback from the over 600 Society members throughout the State. It’s a peer-to-peer networking opportunity you won’t find anywhere else.
Real questions posted to the NJSOP Listserve:
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"I am looking into providing health insurance for my employees. Does anyone have a good agent they could recommend?"
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"Does anyone practice or know of any ODs that provide low vision services including dispensing LV devices?"
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"What does HIPPA say about releasing a glasses or contact prescription over the phone to the patient directly?"
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"Does anyone use a tablet pc or an iPad in his/her exam room with officemate? If you do, which one do you use?"
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"Need help with coding. When a Gdx and retinal photo are done at the same visit but for 2 diffe rent diagnosis codes, how does one work the modifiers so both procedures are paid for under Medicare?"
NJSOP Members can opt in or out of the Listserve at any time by contacting Edna McKinney at emckinney@njsop.org.
NJSOP Find-A-Doc web listing
Searching for an Optometrist in New Jersey has never been easier thanks to the NJSOP Find-A-Doc tool. Our search feature enables patients to find a skilled NJSOP Optometric Physician by name, city, zip code or radius search. In 2012 the Find-A-Doc tool received over 28,000 hits in no small part due to an NJ.com ad campaign linking readers back to the Find-A-Doc page. Always eager to promote our member optometrist’s offices, the Find-A-Doc tool is one of the most valuable member benefits we offer to growing practices throughout the state.
For students, the Find-A-Doc tool provides an easy way to become familiar with the optometrists who are located in the area you most wish to practice. Just type in the zip code, choose a radius and hit search!
NJSOP Members can make sure their practice details and contact information are correct by logging in to the Members Only section and clicking on View My Account.
NJSOP Mentor Program
Whether you’ve just graduated from optometry school or are in the middle of your career, its never too late to dig deeper into what you don’t know. This member benefit was designed for anyone who sees learning as a lifestyle.
Mentorship is free and offers a fantastic opportunity for members to foster new relationships within the profession. Mentor areas include:
- Contact lenses
- Glaucoma
- Low Vision
- Neuro-Optometry
- Ocular Disease
- Post-Op/Surgical Co-Management
- Practice Management
- Vision Therapy
- And more!
If you’re interested in learning more please contact Dr. Moshe Roth (eyedrroth@aol.com), Dr. Trinae Rosato (rosatoeyecare@gmail.com), or Dr. Maria Richman (dr.richman@verizon.net).
Publications for Members Only - Including Eye On New Jersey Magazine!
Eye on New Jersey
Eye on New Jersey is the NJSOP's quarterly newsletter; mailed out to all member ODs. The Newsletter features hot topics, updates from NJSOP committee chairs, classified ads, practice management tips, event details and much more. This publication is also available to members online.
NJSOP E-Newsletter
The NJSOP E-newsletter is sent out to members quarterly by email.
It's an interactive publication that let's you get to the source of information without leaving your seat; Register for events, visit partner webpages or click ads for details about producs or offers!
Weekly Wrap Ups
Each week, the NJSOP supplies its members with advocacy, membership, communications, and continuing education updates.
Remex Accounts Receivable Management
Remex, Inc. is an accounts receivable management company, founded in 1983, whose goal is to assist NJSOP members by offering a full range of services for enhancing the revenue cycle. Remex offers their clients recovery services based on their individual needs, including but not limited to: third party recovery, self pay collections, primary and secondary collection and payment plan coupon books. Special rates offered to NJSOP members. Find out more about Remex, Inc. here!
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Resume writing services at a discount!
For NJSOP Members and your family- Getinterviews will offer you 2 special discounted rate packages - Click here to get the members only pricing and details!
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Secure Document Shredding
Intellishred offers special pricing on document destruction exclusively for NJSOP members! Take a look at what they have to offer here or view their website at www.intellishredus.com to find out more about their certified on-site shredding services.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
State Government Representation
The NJSOP lobbies on your behalf on administrative regulatory concerns, discriminatory action against optometry and important insurance issues impacting your practice. Most importantly, regular communications from the NJSOP, including those in the NJSOP Weekly Wrap Up , Eye on New Jersey journal, VoterVoice Call to Action blasts, and in the NJSOP E-newsletter, will keep you up-to-date regarding pertinent legislation that could affect your scope of practice.
NJSOP members wishing to get more involved in legislative activities or becoming a Key Person can find out more by contacting Keira Boertzel-Smith.
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PLUS...AOA Member Benefits
When you apply for membership in the NJSOP you are also becoming a part of our National organization, the American Optometric Association (AOA). With that, comes an extensive list of benefits belonging to AOA members including access to:
- AOA Practice Resources
- Directory of AOA Benefits, Programs, & Services
- Practice Management
- Optometry's Career Center® (OCC)
- Optometry's Fund for Disaster Relief
- Customizable Forms and Brochures
- AOA Dr. Locator
- AOAExcel
To learn more about what it means to be an AOA member, click here.
Students wishing to join the American Optometric Student Association should click here.
Benefits Promoting & Assisting ODs in Commercial Practice
*NEW BENEFIT* Marketing Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
*NEW BENEFIT* Financial Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Child Care Savings
The NJSOP knows that many of our members have growing families and finding affordable child care can be a difficult and time consuming task! Luckily our partnership with Lightbridge Academy (formerly Rainbow Academy) can help you save on that expense.
Lightbridge Academy offers NJSOP members child care discounts at each of their New Jersey locations. The independently owned centers are known for their ParentView Internet Monitoring capabilities, state-of-the-art security systems, early education programs, and "green" classrooms!
Members: Click here for the Lightbridge Academy Info Flyer and additional details.
The Learning Experience® (TLE®) Academies of Early Education are more than just child care centers. Our centers will give your child the opportunity to receive an early start to their education and help them achieve their greatest capabilities. From top to bottom, our safe and secure centers are purpose-built for children to learn, play and grow!
Come find our why more than 90% of our preschool graduates are reading by the time they enter Kindergarten.
Employee Discount: 10% off tuition plus waived extended care fees at all participating centers
NJSOP Members can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of your dues bill.
NJSOP member's staff can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of the official flier available here -- You must sign in to access the flier.
Hours of Operation: 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
Website: www.thelearningexperience.com
Virtual Tour: http://thelearningexperience.com/tle-centers/virtual-tour
Find a center near you: http://thelearningexperience.com/our-centers/near
NJSOP does not specifically endorse these companies or services but encourages members to consider if it has a place their professional life.
Continuing Education Discounts
Licensed optometrists practicing in New Jersey are required to earn 50 credits per biennial period.
NJSOP Continuing Education Opportunities
The NJSOP offers a variety of continuing education seminars throughout the year for which members receive a 50% discount on registration fees
Click here to read more about the below annual NJSOP continuing education events. Or visit the events calendar here.
- Snow School – January (family focused venue)
- Spring Virtual CE – March/April
- Summer CE – July
- Therapy by the Sea – October
- Managed Care – December
Want to learn from home? Visit the NJSOP online CE library here.
AOA Learning
The AOA also provides member discounts on CE via their AOA EyeLearn professional development platform.
Energy Plus Rewards Program
Earn Cash Back on Your Energy Bills!
As the preferred energy supplier of the NJSOP, Energy Plus® can help members earn Cash Back on their business or home energy bills. You'll earn Cash Back while still receiving the same delivery service from your local utility company.
Unique member benefits include:
- Earn 5% Cash Back on your electricity supply charges each year for your business (or 3% for your home)
- Receive a $50 sign-up bonus when you enroll your business (or $25 for home electric accounts)
- Earn an additional 3%-5% annual Cash Back and a $25 Activation Bonus after two months of active service when you choose to enroll your natural gas account.
- Enjoy the same delivery service without monthly service fees or long-term commitments
To learn more about the program—or enroll Click Here.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Insurance savings with The Gandelman Agency
The Gandelman Agency is the endorsed insurance agency of The New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians. The Gandelman Agency offers NJSOP members the following insurance coverages:
- Professional Liability
- Business Owners Package
- Workers' Compensation
- Automobile
- Homeowners
- Disability
- Long-Term Care
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
Click the terms above for more information on the savings!
NJSOP members can click here to visit the Gandelman Agency Website.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Job and Classified Ad Postings - free to members!
The NJSOP.org classified ads section receives over 20% of the entire website’s traffic, so placing an ad on the NJSOP classifieds is a great way to get your message out there whether you’re a recent graduate looking for a job, an established optometrist looking to hire, or on the brink of retirement and looking to sell.
For members, placing an ad is completely free (non-members pay $500) and the ad is posted to the website as well as the NJSOP Newsletter, Eye on New Jersey.
To take advantage of this great member benefit, click here!
Legal Service Plan
Legal Service Plan
An inexpensive way to protect yourself and your practice.
Click here for enrollment instructions and additional details.
Legal Service Plan Provider
Mr. James A. Schragger, Esq. - Schragger, Schragger and Lavine, P.C.
Listserve access for members only
When you’re a member of the NJSOP you have information and answers at your fingertips 24/7. More reliable than an online forum and more convenient than a list of phone numbers, the NJSOP Listserve is an email-based tool which allows members to post questions and concerns of any magnitude and receive feedback from the over 600 Society members throughout the State. It’s a peer-to-peer networking opportunity you won’t find anywhere else.
Real questions posted to the NJSOP Listserve:
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"I am looking into providing health insurance for my employees. Does anyone have a good agent they could recommend?"
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"Does anyone practice or know of any ODs that provide low vision services including dispensing LV devices?"
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"What does HIPPA say about releasing a glasses or contact prescription over the phone to the patient directly?"
-
"Does anyone use a tablet pc or an iPad in his/her exam room with officemate? If you do, which one do you use?"
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"Need help with coding. When a Gdx and retinal photo are done at the same visit but for 2 diffe rent diagnosis codes, how does one work the modifiers so both procedures are paid for under Medicare?"
NJSOP Members can opt in or out of the Listserve at any time by contacting Edna McKinney at emckinney@njsop.org.
NJSOP Find-A-Doc web listing
Searching for an Optometrist in New Jersey has never been easier thanks to the NJSOP Find-A-Doc tool. Our search feature enables patients to find a skilled NJSOP Optometric Physician by name, city, zip code or radius search. In 2012 the Find-A-Doc tool received over 28,000 hits in no small part due to an NJ.com ad campaign linking readers back to the Find-A-Doc page. Always eager to promote our member optometrist’s offices, the Find-A-Doc tool is one of the most valuable member benefits we offer to growing practices throughout the state.
For students, the Find-A-Doc tool provides an easy way to become familiar with the optometrists who are located in the area you most wish to practice. Just type in the zip code, choose a radius and hit search!
NJSOP Members can make sure their practice details and contact information are correct by logging in to the Members Only section and clicking on View My Account.
NJSOP Mentor Program
Whether you’ve just graduated from optometry school or are in the middle of your career, its never too late to dig deeper into what you don’t know. This member benefit was designed for anyone who sees learning as a lifestyle.
Mentorship is free and offers a fantastic opportunity for members to foster new relationships within the profession. Mentor areas include:
- Contact lenses
- Glaucoma
- Low Vision
- Neuro-Optometry
- Ocular Disease
- Post-Op/Surgical Co-Management
- Practice Management
- Vision Therapy
- And more!
If you’re interested in learning more please contact Dr. Moshe Roth (eyedrroth@aol.com), Dr. Trinae Rosato (rosatoeyecare@gmail.com), or Dr. Maria Richman (dr.richman@verizon.net).
Publications for Members Only - Including Eye On New Jersey Magazine!
Eye on New Jersey
Eye on New Jersey is the NJSOP's quarterly newsletter; mailed out to all member ODs. The Newsletter features hot topics, updates from NJSOP committee chairs, classified ads, practice management tips, event details and much more. This publication is also available to members online.
NJSOP E-Newsletter
The NJSOP E-newsletter is sent out to members quarterly by email.
It's an interactive publication that let's you get to the source of information without leaving your seat; Register for events, visit partner webpages or click ads for details about producs or offers!
Weekly Wrap Ups
Each week, the NJSOP supplies its members with advocacy, membership, communications, and continuing education updates.
Resume writing services at a discount!
For NJSOP Members and your family- Getinterviews will offer you 2 special discounted rate packages - Click here to get the members only pricing and details!
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Secure Document Shredding
Intellishred offers special pricing on document destruction exclusively for NJSOP members! Take a look at what they have to offer here or view their website at www.intellishredus.com to find out more about their certified on-site shredding services.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
State Government Representation
The NJSOP lobbies on your behalf on administrative regulatory concerns, discriminatory action against optometry and important insurance issues impacting your practice. Most importantly, regular communications from the NJSOP, including those in the NJSOP Weekly Wrap Up , Eye on New Jersey journal, VoterVoice Call to Action blasts, and in the NJSOP E-newsletter, will keep you up-to-date regarding pertinent legislation that could affect your scope of practice.
NJSOP members wishing to get more involved in legislative activities or becoming a Key Person can find out more by contacting Keira Boertzel-Smith.
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PLUS...AOA Member Benefits
When you apply for membership in the NJSOP you are also becoming a part of our National organization, the American Optometric Association (AOA). With that, comes an extensive list of benefits belonging to AOA members including access to:
- AOA Practice Resources
- Directory of AOA Benefits, Programs, & Services
- Practice Management
- Optometry's Career Center® (OCC)
- Optometry's Fund for Disaster Relief
- Customizable Forms and Brochures
- AOA Dr. Locator
- AOAExcel
To learn more about what it means to be an AOA member, click here.
Students wishing to join the American Optometric Student Association should click here.
Benefits Promoting & Assisting Students & Recent Graduates
*NEW BENEFIT* Marketing Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
*NEW BENEFIT* Financial Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Child Care Savings
The NJSOP knows that many of our members have growing families and finding affordable child care can be a difficult and time consuming task! Luckily our partnership with Lightbridge Academy (formerly Rainbow Academy) can help you save on that expense.
Lightbridge Academy offers NJSOP members child care discounts at each of their New Jersey locations. The independently owned centers are known for their ParentView Internet Monitoring capabilities, state-of-the-art security systems, early education programs, and "green" classrooms!
Members: Click here for the Lightbridge Academy Info Flyer and additional details.
The Learning Experience® (TLE®) Academies of Early Education are more than just child care centers. Our centers will give your child the opportunity to receive an early start to their education and help them achieve their greatest capabilities. From top to bottom, our safe and secure centers are purpose-built for children to learn, play and grow!
Come find our why more than 90% of our preschool graduates are reading by the time they enter Kindergarten.
Employee Discount: 10% off tuition plus waived extended care fees at all participating centers
NJSOP Members can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of your dues bill.
NJSOP member's staff can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of the official flier available here -- You must sign in to access the flier.
Hours of Operation: 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
Website: www.thelearningexperience.com
Virtual Tour: http://thelearningexperience.com/tle-centers/virtual-tour
Find a center near you: http://thelearningexperience.com/our-centers/near
NJSOP does not specifically endorse these companies or services but encourages members to consider if it has a place their professional life.
Continuing Education Discounts
Licensed optometrists practicing in New Jersey are required to earn 50 credits per biennial period.
NJSOP Continuing Education Opportunities
The NJSOP offers a variety of continuing education seminars throughout the year for which members receive a 50% discount on registration fees
Click here to read more about the below annual NJSOP continuing education events. Or visit the events calendar here.
- Snow School – January (family focused venue)
- Spring Virtual CE – March/April
- Summer CE – July
- Therapy by the Sea – October
- Managed Care – December
Want to learn from home? Visit the NJSOP online CE library here.
AOA Learning
The AOA also provides member discounts on CE via their AOA EyeLearn professional development platform.
Energy Plus Rewards Program
Earn Cash Back on Your Energy Bills!
As the preferred energy supplier of the NJSOP, Energy Plus® can help members earn Cash Back on their business or home energy bills. You'll earn Cash Back while still receiving the same delivery service from your local utility company.
Unique member benefits include:
- Earn 5% Cash Back on your electricity supply charges each year for your business (or 3% for your home)
- Receive a $50 sign-up bonus when you enroll your business (or $25 for home electric accounts)
- Earn an additional 3%-5% annual Cash Back and a $25 Activation Bonus after two months of active service when you choose to enroll your natural gas account.
- Enjoy the same delivery service without monthly service fees or long-term commitments
To learn more about the program—or enroll Click Here.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Insurance savings with The Gandelman Agency
The Gandelman Agency is the endorsed insurance agency of The New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians. The Gandelman Agency offers NJSOP members the following insurance coverages:
- Professional Liability
- Business Owners Package
- Workers' Compensation
- Automobile
- Homeowners
- Disability
- Long-Term Care
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
Click the terms above for more information on the savings!
NJSOP members can click here to visit the Gandelman Agency Website.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Job and Classified Ad Postings - free to members!
The NJSOP.org classified ads section receives over 20% of the entire website’s traffic, so placing an ad on the NJSOP classifieds is a great way to get your message out there whether you’re a recent graduate looking for a job, an established optometrist looking to hire, or on the brink of retirement and looking to sell.
For members, placing an ad is completely free (non-members pay $500) and the ad is posted to the website as well as the NJSOP Newsletter, Eye on New Jersey.
To take advantage of this great member benefit, click here!
Legal Service Plan
Legal Service Plan
An inexpensive way to protect yourself and your practice.
Click here for enrollment instructions and additional details.
Legal Service Plan Provider
Mr. James A. Schragger, Esq. - Schragger, Schragger and Lavine, P.C.
Listserve access for members only
When you’re a member of the NJSOP you have information and answers at your fingertips 24/7. More reliable than an online forum and more convenient than a list of phone numbers, the NJSOP Listserve is an email-based tool which allows members to post questions and concerns of any magnitude and receive feedback from the over 600 Society members throughout the State. It’s a peer-to-peer networking opportunity you won’t find anywhere else.
Real questions posted to the NJSOP Listserve:
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"I am looking into providing health insurance for my employees. Does anyone have a good agent they could recommend?"
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"Does anyone practice or know of any ODs that provide low vision services including dispensing LV devices?"
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"What does HIPPA say about releasing a glasses or contact prescription over the phone to the patient directly?"
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"Does anyone use a tablet pc or an iPad in his/her exam room with officemate? If you do, which one do you use?"
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"Need help with coding. When a Gdx and retinal photo are done at the same visit but for 2 diffe rent diagnosis codes, how does one work the modifiers so both procedures are paid for under Medicare?"
NJSOP Members can opt in or out of the Listserve at any time by contacting Edna McKinney at emckinney@njsop.org.
NJSOP Find-A-Doc web listing
Searching for an Optometrist in New Jersey has never been easier thanks to the NJSOP Find-A-Doc tool. Our search feature enables patients to find a skilled NJSOP Optometric Physician by name, city, zip code or radius search. In 2012 the Find-A-Doc tool received over 28,000 hits in no small part due to an NJ.com ad campaign linking readers back to the Find-A-Doc page. Always eager to promote our member optometrist’s offices, the Find-A-Doc tool is one of the most valuable member benefits we offer to growing practices throughout the state.
For students, the Find-A-Doc tool provides an easy way to become familiar with the optometrists who are located in the area you most wish to practice. Just type in the zip code, choose a radius and hit search!
NJSOP Members can make sure their practice details and contact information are correct by logging in to the Members Only section and clicking on View My Account.
NJSOP Mentor Program
Whether you’ve just graduated from optometry school or are in the middle of your career, its never too late to dig deeper into what you don’t know. This member benefit was designed for anyone who sees learning as a lifestyle.
Mentorship is free and offers a fantastic opportunity for members to foster new relationships within the profession. Mentor areas include:
- Contact lenses
- Glaucoma
- Low Vision
- Neuro-Optometry
- Ocular Disease
- Post-Op/Surgical Co-Management
- Practice Management
- Vision Therapy
- And more!
If you’re interested in learning more please contact Dr. Moshe Roth (eyedrroth@aol.com), Dr. Trinae Rosato (rosatoeyecare@gmail.com), or Dr. Maria Richman (dr.richman@verizon.net).
Resume writing services at a discount!
For NJSOP Members and your family- Getinterviews will offer you 2 special discounted rate packages - Click here to get the members only pricing and details!
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
State Government Representation
The NJSOP lobbies on your behalf on administrative regulatory concerns, discriminatory action against optometry and important insurance issues impacting your practice. Most importantly, regular communications from the NJSOP, including those in the NJSOP Weekly Wrap Up , Eye on New Jersey journal, VoterVoice Call to Action blasts, and in the NJSOP E-newsletter, will keep you up-to-date regarding pertinent legislation that could affect your scope of practice.
NJSOP members wishing to get more involved in legislative activities or becoming a Key Person can find out more by contacting Keira Boertzel-Smith.
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PLUS...AOA Member Benefits
When you apply for membership in the NJSOP you are also becoming a part of our National organization, the American Optometric Association (AOA). With that, comes an extensive list of benefits belonging to AOA members including access to:
- AOA Practice Resources
- Directory of AOA Benefits, Programs, & Services
- Practice Management
- Optometry's Career Center® (OCC)
- Optometry's Fund for Disaster Relief
- Customizable Forms and Brochures
- AOA Dr. Locator
- AOAExcel
To learn more about what it means to be an AOA member, click here.
Students wishing to join the American Optometric Student Association should click here.
Benefits Promoting & Assisting Paraoptometrics
*NEW BENEFIT* Marketing Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
*NEW BENEFIT* Financial Services with UpCare Advantage
Today’s healthcare providers face unprecedented challenges to running a thriving medical practice. Performing medical billing and all the associated bookkeeping responsibilities, keeping credentials up-to-date and organized, as well as effectively marketing your practice to gain new patients and keep your current patients loyal, requires a team with experience in a variety of fields.
An all-in-one program like UpCare Advantage can provide a wide range of financial, marketing, and consulting for medical practices, allowing them to outsource many of their administrative tasks. This can free up time and resources for the practice to focus on providing high-quality patient care. Additionally, having a team of highly trained professionals who can provide the right solutions for the practice can help ensure that the practice is running efficiently and effectively. This can lead to cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved patient care.
For more information on how UpCare can make the difference for your practice, call us at 856-552-3500 or at www.upcareadvanatge.com/NJSOP.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Child Care Savings
The NJSOP knows that many of our members have growing families and finding affordable child care can be a difficult and time consuming task! Luckily our partnership with Lightbridge Academy (formerly Rainbow Academy) can help you save on that expense.
Lightbridge Academy offers NJSOP members child care discounts at each of their New Jersey locations. The independently owned centers are known for their ParentView Internet Monitoring capabilities, state-of-the-art security systems, early education programs, and "green" classrooms!
Members: Click here for the Lightbridge Academy Info Flyer and additional details.
The Learning Experience® (TLE®) Academies of Early Education are more than just child care centers. Our centers will give your child the opportunity to receive an early start to their education and help them achieve their greatest capabilities. From top to bottom, our safe and secure centers are purpose-built for children to learn, play and grow!
Come find our why more than 90% of our preschool graduates are reading by the time they enter Kindergarten.
Employee Discount: 10% off tuition plus waived extended care fees at all participating centers
NJSOP Members can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of your dues bill.
NJSOP member's staff can prove eligibility by providing TLE centers with a copy of the official flier available here -- You must sign in to access the flier.
Hours of Operation: 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
Website: www.thelearningexperience.com
Virtual Tour: http://thelearningexperience.com/tle-centers/virtual-tour
Find a center near you: http://thelearningexperience.com/our-centers/near
NJSOP does not specifically endorse these companies or services but encourages members to consider if it has a place their professional life.
Continuing Education Discounts
Licensed optometrists practicing in New Jersey are required to earn 50 credits per biennial period.
NJSOP Continuing Education Opportunities
The NJSOP offers a variety of continuing education seminars throughout the year for which members receive a 50% discount on registration fees
Click here to read more about the below annual NJSOP continuing education events. Or visit the events calendar here.
- Snow School – January (family focused venue)
- Spring Virtual CE – March/April
- Summer CE – July
- Therapy by the Sea – October
- Managed Care – December
Want to learn from home? Visit the NJSOP online CE library here.
AOA Learning
The AOA also provides member discounts on CE via their AOA EyeLearn professional development platform.
Energy Plus Rewards Program
Earn Cash Back on Your Energy Bills!
As the preferred energy supplier of the NJSOP, Energy Plus® can help members earn Cash Back on their business or home energy bills. You'll earn Cash Back while still receiving the same delivery service from your local utility company.
Unique member benefits include:
- Earn 5% Cash Back on your electricity supply charges each year for your business (or 3% for your home)
- Receive a $50 sign-up bonus when you enroll your business (or $25 for home electric accounts)
- Earn an additional 3%-5% annual Cash Back and a $25 Activation Bonus after two months of active service when you choose to enroll your natural gas account.
- Enjoy the same delivery service without monthly service fees or long-term commitments
To learn more about the program—or enroll Click Here.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Insurance savings with The Gandelman Agency
The Gandelman Agency is the endorsed insurance agency of The New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians. The Gandelman Agency offers NJSOP members the following insurance coverages:
- Professional Liability
- Business Owners Package
- Workers' Compensation
- Automobile
- Homeowners
- Disability
- Long-Term Care
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
Click the terms above for more information on the savings!
NJSOP members can click here to visit the Gandelman Agency Website.
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
Job and Classified Ad Postings - free to members!
The NJSOP.org classified ads section receives over 20% of the entire website’s traffic, so placing an ad on the NJSOP classifieds is a great way to get your message out there whether you’re a recent graduate looking for a job, an established optometrist looking to hire, or on the brink of retirement and looking to sell.
For members, placing an ad is completely free (non-members pay $500) and the ad is posted to the website as well as the NJSOP Newsletter, Eye on New Jersey.
To take advantage of this great member benefit, click here!
Legal Service Plan
Legal Service Plan
An inexpensive way to protect yourself and your practice.
Click here for enrollment instructions and additional details.
Legal Service Plan Provider
Mr. James A. Schragger, Esq. - Schragger, Schragger and Lavine, P.C.
Listserve access for members only
When you’re a member of the NJSOP you have information and answers at your fingertips 24/7. More reliable than an online forum and more convenient than a list of phone numbers, the NJSOP Listserve is an email-based tool which allows members to post questions and concerns of any magnitude and receive feedback from the over 600 Society members throughout the State. It’s a peer-to-peer networking opportunity you won’t find anywhere else.
Real questions posted to the NJSOP Listserve:
-
"I am looking into providing health insurance for my employees. Does anyone have a good agent they could recommend?"
-
"Does anyone practice or know of any ODs that provide low vision services including dispensing LV devices?"
-
"What does HIPPA say about releasing a glasses or contact prescription over the phone to the patient directly?"
-
"Does anyone use a tablet pc or an iPad in his/her exam room with officemate? If you do, which one do you use?"
-
"Need help with coding. When a Gdx and retinal photo are done at the same visit but for 2 diffe rent diagnosis codes, how does one work the modifiers so both procedures are paid for under Medicare?"
NJSOP Members can opt in or out of the Listserve at any time by contacting Edna McKinney at emckinney@njsop.org.
NJSOP Find-A-Doc web listing
Searching for an Optometrist in New Jersey has never been easier thanks to the NJSOP Find-A-Doc tool. Our search feature enables patients to find a skilled NJSOP Optometric Physician by name, city, zip code or radius search. In 2012 the Find-A-Doc tool received over 28,000 hits in no small part due to an NJ.com ad campaign linking readers back to the Find-A-Doc page. Always eager to promote our member optometrist’s offices, the Find-A-Doc tool is one of the most valuable member benefits we offer to growing practices throughout the state.
For students, the Find-A-Doc tool provides an easy way to become familiar with the optometrists who are located in the area you most wish to practice. Just type in the zip code, choose a radius and hit search!
NJSOP Members can make sure their practice details and contact information are correct by logging in to the Members Only section and clicking on View My Account.
NJSOP Mentor Program
Whether you’ve just graduated from optometry school or are in the middle of your career, its never too late to dig deeper into what you don’t know. This member benefit was designed for anyone who sees learning as a lifestyle.
Mentorship is free and offers a fantastic opportunity for members to foster new relationships within the profession. Mentor areas include:
- Contact lenses
- Glaucoma
- Low Vision
- Neuro-Optometry
- Ocular Disease
- Post-Op/Surgical Co-Management
- Practice Management
- Vision Therapy
- And more!
If you’re interested in learning more please contact Dr. Moshe Roth (eyedrroth@aol.com), Dr. Trinae Rosato (rosatoeyecare@gmail.com), or Dr. Maria Richman (dr.richman@verizon.net).
Resume writing services at a discount!
For NJSOP Members and your family- Getinterviews will offer you 2 special discounted rate packages - Click here to get the members only pricing and details!
NJSOP does not specifically endorse this company or product but encourages members to consider if it has a place their practice.
State Government Representation
The NJSOP lobbies on your behalf on administrative regulatory concerns, discriminatory action against optometry and important insurance issues impacting your practice. Most importantly, regular communications from the NJSOP, including those in the NJSOP Weekly Wrap Up , Eye on New Jersey journal, VoterVoice Call to Action blasts, and in the NJSOP E-newsletter, will keep you up-to-date regarding pertinent legislation that could affect your scope of practice.
NJSOP members wishing to get more involved in legislative activities or becoming a Key Person can find out more by contacting Keira Boertzel-Smith.
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PLUS...AOA Member Benefits
When you apply for membership in the NJSOP you are also becoming a part of our National organization, the American Optometric Association (AOA). With that, comes an extensive list of benefits belonging to AOA members including access to:
- AOA Practice Resources
- Directory of AOA Benefits, Programs, & Services
- Practice Management
- Optometry's Career Center® (OCC)
- Optometry's Fund for Disaster Relief
- Customizable Forms and Brochures
- AOA Dr. Locator
- AOAExcel
To learn more about what it means to be an AOA member, click here.
Students wishing to join the American Optometric Student Association should click here.
