Dear Colleague:

Please accept this personal invitation to join the Virginia Society of Ophthalmology. The VSO is a state level non-profit organization whose mission is to advocate the best quality eye care through education, legislative efforts and community service. The Society acts to aid and assist members in their relations with patients, hospitals, medical institutions, governmental agencies and all other groups related to the practice of ophthalmology.

The Virginia Society of Ophthalmology undertakes programs to:

• Protect your practice from unlicenced practitioners
• Work to reduce practice costs through better regulations and legislation
• Provide you with practice management, managed care, and coding information to accurately run your business
• Work to raise the image of ophthalmologists to enhance and protect your patient base
• Provide you with forums to interact with your peers
• Involve you in community service projects

The Virginia Society of Ophthalmology is dedicated to representing you and responding to your needs. The most important reason to join is so that we can stand together. Together we, as a profession, can meet the forces that impact medicine today. Together we, as a state society can continue to fight for quality medical eye care in Virginia. Our commitment is strong, and your active participation makes the organization even stronger.

Sincerely,

Richard Morton , MD
President

Download the VSO Application (requires the free Acrobat Reader; .pdf file; 8 kb)

Membership Benefits of the VSO include:

• Health Plan Relations Committee -- to represent eye care in the myriad of insurance issues.
• Legislative Advocacy -- to ensure that the concerns of quality medical eye care are addressed in the legislature.
• Practice Management and Coding Seminars -- to educate you about the business side of practicing medicine.
• Newsletter -- to keep you up-do-date on VSO activities and issues impacting your practice.
• Administrative Staff -- to provide you with a resource in answering questions relevant to VSO and issues impacting your practice.
• Coding Advice and Support Program -- to provide members with free consulting assistance for problems or questions they encounter relating to third party payor matters.
• Membership Referral Directory -- (recently published) to offer you an opportunity to network with and be contacted by colleagues and like-minded groups.
• Member Benefits Programs -- to offer exclusive benefits, such as banking services and discounted membership to ProVision, a physician's buying group.
• Media and Public Service Contacts -- to serve as an informational resource about ophthalmology to the Virginia media and to other related public and medical organizations.
• Liaison with Medical Organizations -- to represent Virginia's interest in the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Council and the Medical Society of Virginia's committees and House of Delegates.
• Education and Scientific activities -- to provide an annual meeting for continuing medical education.

Learn more About the VSO.

Past Newsletter (requires the free Acrobat Reader)

• Fall 2004 (.pdf file; 924 kb)