Clinical

PCS Compliance and OBS Billing Services from Joe Deloach, O.D.

Presbyopia is Expected to Impact Billions Worldwide

Presbyopia affects nearly 1.7 billion people worldwide today, and that number is expected to soar to 2.1 billion by 2020.1 In the U.S., this population…

Cataract co-management remains a great opportunity for optometrists to practice to the fullest extent.

Supporting the premise patients are best served by a co-management arrangement, a recent study found 59% of patients undergoing cataract surgery have blepharitis. Dry eye is also prevalent in cataract patients. One doctor estimates at least 75% of his cataract patients are above severity level I. Treatment of these conditions is well within the scope of optometry in all 50 states.