Academy/AAOE Benchmarking Survey
Fiscal Year 2010 data collection is now closed! Practices that have approved data in FY10 (or a previous year) can access the benchmarking reporting tools by clicking the 'Access Reporting Tools' button below.
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General Questions About the Survey
How Do I Submit and Interpret My Data?
Reference Materials
Resources for Non-participants
Media Resources
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS) Benchmarking
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General Questions About the Survey
What is the Academy/AAOE Benchmarking Survey?
The Academy/AAOE Benchmarking Survey is a web-based survey to help you measure financial performance and practice efficiency.
What types of practices are eligible to participate?
In order to complete this benchmarking survey and access the subsequent reporting tools, you must be reporting data for an ophthalmology practice. For this survey, we are defining an ophthalmology practice as a privately owned practice consisting of one or more physicians.
The following organizations may not complete the benchmarking survey:
- Integrated Delivery System (IDS)
- Independent Practice Association (IPA)
- Management Services Organization (MSO)
- Physician Practice Management Company (PPMC)
- Hospitals
- Free Standing ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Medical school facility practice plans
- Medical school clinical science departments
- Any other type of organization that owns, manages, or provides services to medical practices
Why should I participate?
Benchmarking is a critical tool to help practices measure efficiency and areas for improvement. The AAO/AAOE benchmarking project will give practices accurate information that will allow comparison to national averages.
The baby boomers are beginning to retire which is expected to increase the demand for services in the coming years, and that will mean that practices will need to focus on operating at peak efficiency in order to handle the increased demand.
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How Do I Submit and Interpret My Data?
Practice registration
Practice registration for fiscal year 2010 is closed. FY11 practice registration will begin in Spring 2012.
Data collection
Practice data collection for fiscal year 2010 is closed. FY11 practice data collection will begin in Spring 2012. See the 'Reference Materials' section below for details about the scope of the FY11 survey.
NOTE: Materials to help you complete the FY11 survey will be posted on this page as soon as they are available.
Reporting tools
FY10 Reporting Tools are now open! Practices that have approved data in FY10 (or a previous year) can access the benchmarking reporting tools by clicking the button below.
To access the report, you will need to login using your Academy or AAOE login name/password and then enter the Benchmarking login name and password you created when you registered. If you forgot your benchmarking login and/or password use the password recovery feature.
Please note: Identifiers specific to your practice will be stripped from the final data set, and the number of data sets displayed in the reporting tools (either the complete aggregate set or any filtered set as defined by the user) must be equal to or greater than fifteen (15) complete data sets. Reporting Tools are provided to help you interpret your data and are only available to users whose data has been submitted as final and approved.
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Reference Materials
General overview
The following resources provide a general overview of the survey:
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View the
Power Point Presentation for an overview of the entire process including the information you will need to participate.
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View webcast of the March 1 free benchmarking webinar
A Guide to Successful Participation in the AAO/AAOE Benchmarking Survey.
FY10 documents
The FY10 data collection resources below were provided to help all FY10 participants complete the survey. We will update these resources when the FY11 survey opens.
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Additional resources:(Academy or AAOE membership required):
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Resources for Non-participants
Survey general findings
The following reports are now available to Academy and AAOE members (login required). Need help remembering your login information?
Media Resources
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS) Benchmarking
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Benchmark Your ASC — T hrough a new partnership between the Academy/ AAOE and the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS) you can now also benchmark your ASC. Your membership in the Academy, AAOE or OOSS qualifies you to participate in the OOSS ASC-specific benchmarking survey.
For more information about the OOSS Benchmarking Survey, e-mail Dr. Kent Jackson, OOSS VP, Member Research & Development kjackson@ooss.org or visit the OOSS ASC Benchmarking Initiative — 2011 webpage. |
Questions? Contact the Benchmarking Team
If you have questions about the Academy/AAOE Benchmarking Survey, e-mail benchmarking@aao.org. A member of the Benchmarking Team will respond within five business days.
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