The Practice
Our practice is devoted to patient health care. Eye examinations take about an hour and include dilation and testing for many conditions, including glaucoma and cataracts. A thorough refraction will determine whether there is a need for glasses, and Dr. Smith will use the refraction results to determine the best prescription for your glasses and answer any health questions you may have.
Office Procedures & Fees
For your convenience, we prefer to schedule appointments. However, if your needs require you to come without an appointment, we will do our best to serve you as expediently as possible.
We will be happy to fill out insurance forms, but we request payment at the time of service. MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover are accepted. We also accept Medicare assignments and will file your Medicare and supplemental Medicare policy claims.
Referrals
If, during an examination, Dr. Smith finds that a patient will benefit from the professional care of an ophthalmologist, rest assured that we have an extensive network of doctors to whom a referral can be made. These are doctors with whom we have worked for many years, and we will choose the ophthalmologist who can best help our patients.
Emergency and After Hours Care
In the event you need emergency care after hours or on the weekend, please call our office number at 817.473.9301 and you will be directed to call Dr. Smith or Ann directly. We take care of our own emergencies here in the office at any time - day or night - with a minimum of wait time. Because our office has the proper instruments and an experienced doctor, we can remove foreign bodies and treat eye injuries and infections without the necessity of visiting an emergency room.
Additional Testing
There are times when a patient’s health history or symptoms require even more in-depth testing than a visual analysis. For those times, our office is pleased to offer complete visual field testing.
Our Humphrey field instrument uses threshold testing to determine retinal sensitivity and can screen for glaucoma and other disorders of the optic nerve and brain before they become symptomatic. Finding these subtle changes early is critical in stemming loss of vision due to glaucoma or other disorders if left untreated.
Patients on Plaquanil therapy for rheumatoid arthritis are often advised by their physicians to have frequent dilated eye examinations; our office is happy to provide this service.
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