The Optometry Success Podcast helps private-practice optometrists build profitable, sustainable businesses with clarity and confidence. Hosted by Adam Cmejla, CFP—a financial planner and CFO to ODs nationwide—and Chad Fleming, OD, FAAO—a multi-location practice owner with decades of hands-on experience—each 20-minute episode delivers practical strategies and actionable insights you can apply right away. From leadership and financials to team culture, operations, and growth, this is your weekly dose of real-world advice for real-world practice owners. New episodes every Wednesday.
The Optometry Success Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Adam Cmejla, CFP & Chad Fleming, OD, FAAO
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The Optometry Success Podcast helps private-practice optometrists build profitable, sustainable businesses with clarity and confidence. Hosted by Adam Cmejla, CFP—a financial planner and CFO to ODs nationwide—and Chad Fleming, OD, FAAO—a multi-location practice owner with decades of hands-on experience—each 20-minute episode delivers practical strategies and actionable insights you can apply right away. From leadership and financials to team culture, operations, and growth, this is your weekly dose of real-world advice for real-world practice owners. New episodes every Wednesday.
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August 5, 2026
How to Audit Your Optical Lab Costs and Protect Your Profitability
<p data-pm-slice="1 3 []">In this episode, Chad and I build on our previous conversation about lab rebates by focusing on the next step: auditing the true cost of the optical jobs for which your practice pays the bill. We explain why comparing one discounted lens or rebate isn't enough and how analyzing the complete cost of your most frequently used lens-and-AR combinations can reveal what you're actually paying.</p> <p> </p> <p>We also discuss how labs use loss leaders, when working with multiple labs may make financial sense, and why a buying group's preferred lab relationship doesn't automatically guarantee your practice the best pricing. We share how spreadsheets, AI tools, and insights from successful colleagues can help you compare your options, verify your current relationships, and protect your practice's profitability.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Have a question for us to address in a future episode? Submit it <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://form.jotform.com/252526305103041">here</a>!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p>Learn more about <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://pipgpo.com/contact-us/">Partners in Profit</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://integratedpwm.com/toolkit">Download the Practice Owner's Financial Toolkit</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://www.2020membership.com/">20/20 Money Ultimate Financial Success Masterclass</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://www.jotform.com/form/250467795073062">OD Mastermind Interest Form</a></p> <p>Check out Adam's new book: <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href="https://a.co/d/0wv5uLn">How to Buy an Optometry Practice</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: <a href= "https://shorturl.at/Fq1Ro">https://shorturl.at/Fq1Ro</a> </p> <p>Subscribe on Spotify: <a href= "https://shorturl.at/jCtsk">https://shorturl.at/jCtsk</a> </p>
July 29, 2026
Are Lab Rebates Actually Saving Your Optometry Practice Money?
<p data-pm-slice="1 3 []">In this episode, Chad and I continue our conversation about whether optometry practices should finish jobs in-house or send them to a lab. This time, we focus on the role managed vision care plans play in that decision, including state opt-out rules, required labs, reimbursements, and rebates.</p> <p> </p> <p>We break lab analysis into two distinct lanes: when the managed vision care plan pays the lab bill and when the practice pays it directly. We also discuss why an attractive rebate does not always equal greater profitability and how I should evaluate the total net cost, product quality, turnaround time, and customer service before choosing a lab partner.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Have a question for us to address in a future episode? Submit it <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://form.jotform.com/252526305103041">here</a>!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p>Learn more about <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://pipgpo.com/contact-us/">Partners in Profit</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/42151885">The Optometry Success Podcast Episode: Should You Finish In House or Send Your Jobs to a Lab?</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://integratedpwm.com/toolkit">Download the Practice Owner's Financial Toolkit</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://www.2020membership.com/">20/20 Money Ultimate Financial Success Masterclass</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://www.jotform.com/form/250467795073062">OD Mastermind Interest Form</a></p> <p>Check out Adam's new book: <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href="https://a.co/d/0wv5uLn">How to Buy an Optometry Practice</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: <a href= "https://shorturl.at/Fq1Ro">https://shorturl.at/Fq1Ro</a> </p> <p>Subscribe on Spotify: <a href= "https://shorturl.at/jCtsk">https://shorturl.at/jCtsk</a> </p> <p> </p>
July 22, 2026
Should you finish in house or send your jobs to a lab?
<p data-pm-slice="1 3 []">Should your practice finish jobs in-house, or send them out to a lab? In this episode of <strong>The Optometry Success Podcast</strong>, we dig into a deceptively simple question that can have a major impact on profitability, efficiency, patient experience, and owner stress.</p> <p> </p> <p>We talk through the decision matrix behind in-house finishing, including the obvious costs — lenses, equipment, and staffing — as well as the softer costs that are easy to overlook: square footage, utilities, training, quality control, staff turnover, and the operational risk of relying on one or two key people to keep the system running.</p> <p> </p> <p>We also explore why this decision is not one-size-fits-all. For some practices, an in-house lab can be a profitable, high-quality, efficient part of the business. For others, outsourcing to a lab may reduce complexity, lower risk, and free the owner from one more system that has to be managed internally.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Have a question for us to address in a future episode? Submit it <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://form.jotform.com/252526305103041">here</a>!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p>Learn more about <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://pipgpo.com/contact-us/">Partners in Profit</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://integratedpwm.com/20-20-money-episode-329-edging-in-house-vs-outsourcing-the-economics-trade-offs-and-data-an-optometric-practice-needs-to-measure-with-drs-jennifer-stewart-od-sam-hornberger-od/"> 20/20 Money Episode: Edging In-House vs. Outsourcing: The Economics, Trade-offs, and Data an Optometric Practice Needs to Measure with Drs. Jennifer Stewart & Sam Hornberger</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://integratedpwm.com/toolkit">Download the Practice Owner's Financial Toolkit</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://www.2020membership.com/">20/20 Money Ultimate Financial Success Masterclass</a></p> <p><a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href= "https://www.jotform.com/form/250467795073062">OD Mastermind Interest Form</a></p> <p>Check out Adam's new book: <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href="https://a.co/d/0wv5uLn">How to Buy an Optometry Practice</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: <a href= "https://shorturl.at/Fq1Ro">https://shorturl.at/Fq1Ro</a> </p> <p>Subscribe on Spotify: <a href= "https://shorturl.at/jCtsk">https://shorturl.at/jCtsk</a> </p>
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