This Month’s Featured Events

Optical Summer Showcase

 August 6-8, Cocoa Beach

Join POF as we continue our tradition of meeting excellence of Sun, Fun & C.E. in a Great NEW Hotel Location with Great Rates all for you, right on Cocoa Beach. Enjoy 20+ hours quality C.E. and a Mini-vacation on the beautiful beaches of Florida’s Space Coast, with the best & most affordable education available anywhere.  Check it out at  summershowcase.pof.org

Contact Lens Fitting Course for Board Certification

 October 1-3, Ft. Lauderdale

Become a Florida Board Certified Optician.
Earn the required 20 hours of training for State Board of Opticianry Certification. This course fulfills the educational requirement to enable Florida opticians to fill, fit, adapt, and dispense contact lenses without supervision of the prescriber. Florida Statue 484.002(6).  For details go to http://www.pof.org/Education/contact_lens_course.html

This Month’s Featured Web Pages

Third Party Programs Updates

Learn more about the most recent updates on third party programs that could affect your payments, including;

• CMS offers Physicians/Practitioners Special Opportunity to Participate
• PECOS Deadline Approaching - Act Now , Prevent Payment Interruption
• Top 6 DME Supplier Registration Mistakes - Resulting in Claim Denials

Plus much more on Surety Bonds, and other program requirements are available to you when you visit POF’s Third Party Program pages, under the Member Services tab at http://www.pof.org/Member_Services/third_party_programs.html

POF Now Offers Secure Online Payment System

POF's new Payment & Event Gateway page, is the latest and safest way to handle all of your online transactions from one convenient location.

From this new gateway you will now be able to;

• Register for all POF events from one location,
  
• Make purchases and use the POF Career Board,
  
• Verify and update your contact information and membership,
  
• From this point forward, you can track current & past registrations and view your payment history.
  

Login to your Account or Set-up your Individual Account Today

POF Career Marketplace Gets Even Better

POF Career Marketplace is now your one-stop portal for finding that perfect optical position or employee. Along with our numerous career postings there are now more links other career posting sites, making your search that much quicker and easier.

Go to Career Marketplace

Meet Me on the Web

Learn how you can create a more community, collaborate and share what you know with the web 2.0 and our new social networking page.

Get more social