|
 |
About MSEPS
The Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons is dedicated to the public's direct access to ophthalmic care. A non-profit organization, MSEPS member ophthalmologists are medical doctors specializing in the evaluation and treatment of the normal and abnormal eye.
An ophthalmologist is a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery , who specializes in all aspects of ophthalmic care. This specialists's education includes four years of college, four years of medical school, one or more years of general medical experience, and four or more years studying the normal eye and diseases and surgery of the eye in a hospital-based residency program.
For more than thirty years, MSEPS has served to promote and enhance the practice of ophthalmology in a variety of ways, including:
Advocacy: MSEPS seeks to aid physicians who practice ophthalmology in their relations with patients, hospitals, medical institutions, governmental agencies and all other groups related in any way to the practice of ophthalmology. MSEPS has represented ophthalmology in the MA State Legislature as well as at the MA Department of Public Health and all other state regulatory agencies. MSEPS plans to continue its role as patient advocate and when called upon, its members will fight vigorously to preserve the quality of medical eye care in the state.
COMMUNICATION: MSEPS has striven to provide physicians with up-to-date information on economic, legislative, regulatory and practical issues pertaining to medical eye care in the state.
EDUCATION: MSEPS has sought to educate ophthalmologists and their staffs as to the recent changes in the critical area of coding, reimbursement and compliance as well as in all levels of practice and risk management.
OUR MISSION: The mission of the Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons is to serve the total visual health care needs of the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through public and professional education, membership services and legislative advocacy.
OUR GOALS: The Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons is dedicated to the public's direct access to ophthalmic care. A non-profit organization, MSEPS member ophthalmologists are medical doctors specializing in the evaluation and treatment of the normal and abnormal eye.
OUR MEMBERS: MSEPS membership is primarily comprised of Massachusetts' ophthalmologists. An ophthalmologist is a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery, who specializes in all aspects of ophthalmic care. As physicians, ophthalmologists are medical doctors. These specialists undergo rigorous training and education including four years of college, four years of medical school, one or more years of general medical experience, and four or more years studying the normal eye and diseases and surgery of the eye in a hospital-based residency program.
|
