Overlapping but distinct genetic susceptibility loci were seen in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and acute anterior uveitis, as well as in patients with irritable bowel disease with two interleukins.After applying quality control measures, genoty…
WAILEA, Hawaii – At Retina 2015, Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA, discusses new developments and techniques in wide-field retinal imaging.
Beginning this year, physicians and other qualified health care professionals will be able to separately bill Medicare for providing non-face-to-face chronic care management, or CCM, services, by billing CPT code 99490. In recognizing and paying for th…
Mergers, as they say on Wall Street, are driven by just two emotions: fear and greed. Said a bit more genteelly in keeping with the profession of ophthalmology, “distress” and “ambition” are the real drivers for practice consolidation today.Mergers are clearly on the rise in eye care, fueled by several factors: regulatory complexities, falling fees, rising costs, tapering profits and a large cohort of baby boomer peri-retirement surgeons with not enough young, bold successors available to take over the wheel.
After more than a week of experiencing fever and pain, an 11-year-old girl develops blurriness in one eye. The family history doesn’t seem to suggest an answer. Do you have one? Medscape Ophthalmology
Air tamponade may not be necessary to improve vision in eyes with lamellar macular hole that undergo vitrectomy, according to a study.The retrospective study included 41 eyes of 39 patients who underwent 25-gauge vitrectomy with air tamponade (23 eyes)…