Tag: Keratoconus
Do insurance companies cover cross-linking yet?
Yes. Cigna just announced that they will cover Avedro’s FDA-approved corneal cross-linking procedure. They are now one of the fifty commercial insurance plans that...
Optometry Podcast: Meet Dr. Neda Shamie
Dr. Neda Shamie is passionate about her profession. Early in our interview she shares why ophthalmology drew her interest early in her medical school...
VisionTECH: Keratoconus Tech with Dr. John Gelles
A paradigm shift in Keratoconus management is upon us. Thanks to new diagnostic technologies and the availability of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking, we can now...
Cross-linking update.
Avedro (maker of the FDA approved corneal cross-linking system) announced more results from their phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of corneal ectasia following refractive surgery.
The...
Has it already been a year?
Avedro (maker of the FDA approved corneal cross-linking system) announced the one year results from their phase 3 clinical trial.
The summary?
At the 12 month...
How common is keratoconus? More common than you think.
Data from over 4 million patients from a health database in the Netherlands was analyzed to determine the prevalence of keratoconus. Previous studies suggested 1 in...
Weekly social media roundup.
In online contact lens news:
Hubble, a subscription-based startup that sells its own brand of daily disposable contact lenses has raised $16.5 million in a new...
Optometry Podcast: Study Up! With Dr. Jaclyn Garlich of 20/20 Glance
Want to stay up on the latest publications, new tech, and eyecare pop culture references without having to read every journal hat piles up...
What if you need cross-linking but you really need to be...
Researchers have found an accelerated cross-linking procedure that takes a few minutes is just as effective as the typically hour long procedure. Apparently no one has...