New No-Cost CE Course

American Heart Month just concluded, and many of us are still feeling the warm glow from Valentine’s Day. While your patients may be coming in thinking those fluttering heartbeats are signs of love, their eyes may reveal signs of a different story. In fact, 40% of the U.S. adults with hypertension are unaware they have it.¹ When Doctors of Optometry detect signs of hypertension before a patient's primary care provider through regular eye exams, there’s tremendous opportunity for uncovering this unaware population and helping them to get the treatment they need.² Now that’s a match made in heaven.

VSP Vision™ is a proud local sponsor of the American Heart Association’s Live Fierce. Reduce Your Risk campaign and able to provide you with resources, including a new, on-demand continuing education course, to support you in highlighting the connection between eye and heart health with your patients.

• No-Cost On-Demand Continuing Education Course
  The all new 622N Heartbeats and Eye Exams: Collaborative Care for Hypertensive Patients course explores the intersection of hypertension and ocular health, emphasizing the role of optometrists in managing hypertensive patients. You’ll also receive two complimentary COPE-accredited CE credits. Click here to log in and get started. 
• Patient Education Materials
  Downloadable materials are available for your use in supporting healthy blood pressure amongst your patients. Visit vspeyeondiabetes.com to access these patient education resources and more.

And if you want something more to love, when you share your findings, and indicate on your VSP^® claim that a patient has hypertension, you can receive a $2 patient condition payment while helping integrate your findings into the healthcare system.³

Keep American Heart Month in mind all year and share the important relationship between eye and heart health.
 

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 2024
2. American Academy of Ophthalmology, April 2024
3. Payment will not exceed $5 per patient and is not cumulative. For example, if two $2 conditions are reported, a $2 patient condition payment is paid. Patient condition payments only apply to VSP Signature Plan^®, VSP Choice Plan^®, and VSP Advantage Plan SM claims billed with one of the following exam codes: 92002, 92004, 92012, 92014, S0620, S0621.