Episode #188

20/20 Money Episode #188 – Thinking through and analyzing contact lens profitability in an optometric practice with Dr. Ryan Gustus

June 13, 2022

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Ryan Gustus. Ryan is a partner at Eyecare Associates of Bluffton and Roanoke and also co-founder of Lensquote and their newest tool called Profit Assist.

Ryan joins the show today to talk about something that every practice owner should be focused on in their practice and that’s the pricing of their contact lenses. We talk about how to think about your pricing model, how you evaluate profitability, strategies for pricing CLs in your practice, and some of the fallacies that surround pricing models in optometric practices.

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And with that introduction, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Dr. Ryan Gustus.

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