The Department of Health and Human Services has announced the final rule that would guarantee complete coverage for newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries under age 65 years with income up to 133% of the federal poverty level.“This is a great deal for states and great news for Americans,” Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services (HHS), stated in a news release. “Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more Americans will have access to health coverage and the federal government will cover a vast majority of the cost. Treating people who don’t (Read more...)
Month: April 2013
BLOG: The silver surfers are hitting the Web
A few weeks ago, I was talking to a client in the Midwest. The marketing director was looking for something fresh for social media, and I suggested a campaign for seniors. Immediately she shot it down, saying that seniors don’t get on the Web and just aren’t computer savvy. I disagreed and was happy to recite some numbers for her. In 2012, Pew Research came out with new numbers on seniors and the Internet, and they were astonishing. Fifty-three percent of adults living in the U.S., age 65 years and (Read more...)
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We thank Casas-Llera et al for their interest in our study, the main purpose of which was to determine the level of agreement between the consensus judgment of expert clinicians and Glaucoma Progression Analysis (GPA) software with respect to the deter…
Graft Orientation, Optical Coherence Tomography, and Endothelial Keratoplasty
Many believe that Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) surgery, as first described by Melles et al, provides faster and better visual rehabilitation compared with other posterior lamellar keratoplasty techniques. DMEK allows transplantat…
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We thank Zhang et al for their comments on our manuscript. Our group feels that it is important to look at the mean difference in axial length (AL) and also consider other key diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk factors, such as HbA1c and duration of diabet…
Reticular Pseudodrusen
In 1990, our group first described reticular pseudodrusen as a peculiar yellowish pattern in the macula of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients, whose visibility was enhanced using blue light. More recently, using spectral-domain optical coh…
Maculopathy Resolution after Surgery for an Optic Disc Pit
We read with great interest the article entitled “Vitrectomy without laser treatment or gas tamponade for macular detachment associated with an optic disc pit,” by Hirakata et al and we congratulate the authors for their informative paper. We have …
Residency Education Professionalism Vignettes
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has identified 6 general competencies for resident education: (1) medical knowledge, (2) patient care, (3) practice-based learning, (4) interpersonal and communication skills, (5) profess…
Sclerosing Polycystic Adenosis of the Lacrimal Gland
We wish to report a case of sclerosing polycystic adenosis (SPA) of the lacrimal gland. A 68-year-old woman presented to her primary care provider with a complaint of right orbital pain that occurred each time she cried. Computed tomography of the or…
Glaucoma Progression Analysis
We have read with interest the article by Tanna et al entitled “Glaucoma progression analysis (GPA) software compared with expert consensus opinion in the detection of visual field progression in glaucoma.”
Erratum
With apologies from the authors, in the publication entitled, “Clinical Applications of Cost Analysis of Diabetic Macular Edema Treatments” (Ophthalmology 2012;119:2558–62) had errors. Corrected (with corrected numbers in bold) is printed below.
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We thank Sadun et al for their letter. We are in agreement that inappropriate testing leads not only to delays in final diagnosis and definitive treatment, but can result in further unnecessary testing and intervention. We would also amplify the point …
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We appreciate the interest that Bottoni et al have expressed with regard to our article “Vitrectomy without laser treatment or gas tamponade for macular detachment associated with an optic disc pit.” Their findings using optical coherence tomograph…
Neuro-ophthalmology Safer Than MRI?
We read with interest the study “Neuroimaging in Patients Referred to a Neuro-Ophthalmology Service” by McClelland et al. They concluded that a high rate of suboptimal neuroimaging occurs before neuroophthalmology referral. They also pointed out th…
Effect of Axial Length on Diabetic Retinopathy
We read with interest the recent article by Man et al, and would like to comment on it. In this cross-sectional study, Man et al investigated a population of patients with diabetes aged ≥18 years and found that patients with a mean axial length (AL) …
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A Simple Vista en Este Número
Un estudio por Campochiaro y otros (p. 795) para evaluar la relación de bloquear el factor de crecimiento endotelial vascular (VEGF) en la progresión de la no perfusión de la retina (RNP) en pacientes con edema macular por oclusión de la vena centr…
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Evolution, Definition, and Implications
“Comparative Effectiveness Research” and “Patient Centered Outcomes Research” (PCOR) are interchangeable terms that our readers will invariably encounter over the next several years. PCOR seems to have been born at the time of the randomized co…
This Issue At A Glance
A study by Campochiaro et al (p. 795) assessing the relationship of blocking vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on progression of retinal nonperfusion (RNP) in patients with macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) or branch re…