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PLoS One
September 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, United States of America.
Objective: To determine the rate of Medicare opt-out among optometrists and ophthalmologists and to contrast the differences in the characteristics and geographic distribution of these populations.
Design: A retrospective cross-sectional study.
Setting: Using a publicly available Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data set, we collated data for ophthalmologists and optometrists who opted out in each year between 2005 and 2023.
Establishment and review of educational programs to train optometrists in laser procedures and injections.
Clin Exp Optom
July 2024
Department of Optometry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Current scope of practice for optometrists in many countries include topical and oral medication with injectable and lasers being added more recently to scope in the United States (US), Canada, the United Kingdom (UK) and New Zealand (NZ). This expanded scope of optometric practice improves access to eyecare and is critical since an ageing population with a higher prevalence of vision disorders and higher healthcare costs looms. Expanded scope has been shown alongside strong safety records.
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Clin Ophthalmol
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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Hamilton Eye Institute, Memphis, TN, USA.
Purpose: To provide a comparative analysis of rates of laser trabeculoplasty (LTP) among eye care providers in the USA.
Methods: This retrospective cohort analysis utilized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Public Use File (PUF), 2015-2018. We used CPT code 65855 to select eye care providers who performed LTP in three key US states (KY, LA, and OK).
Geographic Atrophy Management Consensus (GA-MAC): a Delphi panel study on identification, diagnosis and treatment.
BMJ Open Ophthalmol
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OCLI VIsion, Cornea, Laser Cataract, and Refractive Surgery, Garden City, New York, USA.
Background/aims: With a paradigm shift in geographic atrophy (GA) treatments now available, establishing consensus on the identification and diagnosis of the disease along with considerations for management of patients with GA will assist eye care professionals (ECP) in their day-to-day practices, leading to improved patient outcomes.
Methods: A modified Delphi panel process (Geographic Atrophy Management Consensus) consisting of three total surveys and one virtual live meeting held between survey 2 and survey 3. Data were collected from July to October 2022.
Nd:YAG Laser Capsulotomy: Efficacy and Outcomes Performed by Optometrists.
Optom Vis Sci
October 2023
Oklahoma Medical Eye Group, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Significance: An increasing number of optometrists are performing Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy procedures; however, there is limited published information on the outcomes of these procedures.
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of capsulotomy procedures performed by optometrists.
Methods: Subjects diagnosed with posterior capsule opacification causing reduced vision and subjective visual complaints were recruited for this study.
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