Thanks for all the previous help.
Tried to find the answers on the various Medicare sites, but still a bit uncertain. Surprisingly, there does not seem to be a Medicare specific Newsgroup; is there ?
I have the following questions regarding Medicare reimbursement after Cataract (both eyes) surgery.
a. I guess there are two different "folks" involved.
An Optometrist for a eyeglass prescription, and then the Optician who will actually provide the glasses.
Will Medicare pay for both ?
b. Since I had Cataract surgery, twice, will Medicare pay for two eyeglasses ? e.g., a regular pair, and perhaps "something" toward prescription sunglasses also ?
c. Any idea what Forms the surgeon has to provide for all of this to work ? She wasn't all that clear on what was needed from her.
d. Anything else I should probably know and understand about Medicare and eyeglasses ?
>Thanks for all the previous help.
>Tried to find the answers on the various Medicare sites, but still a bit >uncertain. Surprisingly, there does not seem to be a Medicare specific >Newsgroup; is there ?
>I have the following questions regarding Medicare reimbursement after >Cataract (both eyes) surgery.
>a. I guess there are two different "folks" involved.
>An Optometrist for a eyeglass prescription, and then the Optician who >will actually provide the glasses.
>Will Medicare pay for both ?
The cataract surgeon normally provides the prescription, Medicare
pays. Medicare pays the optician for the eye glasses. Price of eye
glasses is limited. My $160 eyeglasses were not as nice as the $27
bifocals I got from Zenni Optical.
>b. Since I had Cataract surgery, twice, will Medicare pay for two >eyeglasses ? e.g., a regular pair, and perhaps "something" toward >prescription sunglasses also ?
I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
glasses.
>c. Any idea what Forms the surgeon has to provide for all of this to >work ? She wasn't all that clear on what was needed from her.
A prescription with the dates of surgery.
>d. Anything else I should probably know and understand about Medicare >and eyeglasses ?
One pair of glasses valued at $160. VA is more generous they give me
a pair a year.
> I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
> one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
> glasses.
FWIW, Zenni doesn't do prism. http://www.goggles4u.com does, and I was happy with the order I placed there last year. Both places are fine.
-- Cheers, Bev
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>> I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
>> one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
>> glasses.
> FWIW, Zenni doesn't do prism. http://www.goggles4u.com does, and I was > happy with the order I placed there last year. Both places are fine.
Curiosity. Any connection between prisms and cataract surgery? I had surgery in one eye many years ago. Just got prisms for diplopia a year or so ago, but previously long long needed. I possibly had a bit of diplopia before the surgery but can't recall for sure - maybe it started after? Coincidence? Probably.
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just after you need it." Steven Wright
> Thanks for all the previous help.
> Tried to find the answers on the various Medicare sites, but still a bit
> uncertain. Surprisingly, there does not seem to be a Medicare specific
> Newsgroup; is there ?
> I have the following questions regarding Medicare reimbursement after
> Cataract (both eyes) surgery.
> a. I guess there are two different "folks" involved.
> An Optometrist for a eyeglass prescription, and then the Optician who
> will actually provide the glasses.
> Will Medicare pay for both ?
> b. Since I had Cataract surgery, twice, will Medicare pay for two
> eyeglasses ? e.g., a regular pair, and perhaps "something" toward
> prescription sunglasses also ?
> c. Any idea what Forms the surgeon has to provide for all of this to
> work ? She wasn't all that clear on what was needed from her.
> d. Anything else I should probably know and understand about Medicare
> and eyeglasses ?
> Curiosity. Any connection between prisms and cataract surgery? I had
> surgery in one eye many years ago. Just got prisms for diplopia a year or
> so ago, but previously long long needed. I possibly had a bit of diplopia
> before the surgery but can't recall for sure - maybe it started after?
> Coincidence? Probably.
I suppose a nerve block could cause permanent diplopia but diplopia from cataract surgery is rare. Usually the diplopia was there already, just hidden by the hazy cataract.
Acquired diplopia is often asymmetrical, more pronounced in one direction than others, for which you might compensate with a head turn or tilt.
If your diplopia is the same in all directions of gaze, prism can work very well.
If your diplopia is different looking left than it is looking right, prism can cause new diplopia somewhere else. New glasses often feel wierd and take time to get used to.
>> Curiosity. Any connection between prisms and cataract surgery? I had
>> surgery in one eye many years ago. Just got prisms for diplopia a
>> year or so ago, but previously long long needed. I possibly had a bit
>> of diplopia before the surgery but can't recall for sure - maybe it
>> started after? Coincidence? Probably.
> I suppose a nerve block could cause permanent diplopia but diplopia
> from cataract surgery is rare. Usually the diplopia was there already,
> just hidden by the hazy cataract.
> Acquired diplopia is often asymmetrical, more pronounced in one
> direction than others, for which you might compensate with a head turn
> or tilt.
> If your diplopia is the same in all directions of gaze, prism can work
> very well.
Mine seems to be. At any rate the prism works fine unless I look way to the side - out of the 'corner' of my eye. Understandably so. Not a problem.
> If your diplopia is different looking left than it is looking right,
> prism can cause new diplopia somewhere else. New glasses often feel
> wierd and take time to get used to.
> -MT, OD
-- "Experience is something you don't get until
just after you need it." Steven Wright
>>> I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
>>> one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
>>> glasses.
>> FWIW, Zenni doesn't do prism. http://www.goggles4u.com does, and I was >> happy with the order I placed there last year. Both places are fine.
They're pirates. Avoidance is my recommendation.
>Curiosity. Any connection between prisms and cataract surgery?
Robert Martellaro
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Roberts Optical Ltd.
Wauwatosa Wi.
www.roberts-optical.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself."
- Richard Feynman
>>>> I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
>>>> one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
>>>> glasses.
>>> FWIW, Zenni doesn't do prism. http://www.goggles4u.com does, and I was
>>> happy with the order I placed there last year. Both places are fine.
> They're pirates. Avoidance is my recommendation.
What do you mean and what do you think of Goggles4You?
-- Cheers, Bev
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