This week’s top stories include pipeline updates in dry eye, retinitis pigmentosa, contact lens hygiene, and more.
Feature|Podcasts|August 16, 2024
Optometrists, organizations provide insight for State of Dry Eye survey
The survey’s results were released by Bausch + Lomb last month and revealed that many participants did not know their symptoms were dry eye-related.
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With dry eye disease (DED) becoming increasingly more prevalent, eye care providers are finding it more important than ever to discuss its side effects and associated risk factors with patients.
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A wet AMD biosimilar approval leads this week’s recap, plus Medicare pay updates and tips to avoid burnout and losing patients.
ODs face a $32.63 Medicare conversion factor in 2027, plus 80% payment for the lower-cost service when an E/M visit and 0-day procedure share a date.
Luma, an eye-tracking and assessment tool, helps eye care professionals gain objective insights into visual performance.
Christopher Browning, OD, and Nicholas Garn, OD, now offer cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange in their own practices.
According to Raphael Rostenne, CTO of EyeCarePro, "anything that takes time" has the potential to frustrate patients, especially before they're in a practitioner's chair.
Kansas, Tennessee, and Vermont expanded optometric scope in 2026, while vision plan reform and a proposed Medicare fee schedule cut affect practice management.
Host Hamza Shah, OD, MS, FAAO, is joined by Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, to discuss burnout among US optometrists, inspired by Abbott et al's nationwide survey.
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