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Robert11
Apr 10, 2012, 7:58:59 AM4/10/12
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Hello,
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 ?
Much thanks,
Bob
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 ?
Much thanks,
Bob
Ray
Apr 10, 2012, 11:21:54 AM4/10/12
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:58:59 -0400, Robert11 <rgs...@comcast.net>
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>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.
>Much thanks,
>Bob
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>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 ?
>
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 ?
>
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.
>
>d. Anything else I should probably know and understand about Medicare
>and eyeglasses ?
>
a pair a year.
>Much thanks,
>Bob
The Real Bev
Apr 10, 2012, 11:29:19 PM4/10/12
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On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
> 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
> I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
> one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
> glasses.
happy with the order I placed there last year. Both places are fine.
--
Cheers, Bev
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KenK
Apr 11, 2012, 1:19:09 PM4/11/12
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The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote in news:jm2tqg$kdk$1@dont-
email.me:
> On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
>
>> 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.
TIA
--
"Experience is something you don't get until
just after you need it." Steven Wright
email.me:
> On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
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.
TIA
--
"Experience is something you don't get until
just after you need it." Steven Wright
Dr. Big Blue Nation
Apr 11, 2012, 5:19:17 PM4/11/12
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Mike Tyner
Apr 11, 2012, 11:10:39 PM4/11/12
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"KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote
> 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.
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.
-MT, OD
KenK
Apr 12, 2012, 1:04:53 PM4/12/12
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"Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote in
news:t7OdnUvCtqgy2hvS...@giganews.com:
>
> "KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote
>
>> 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
>
>
>
>
news:t7OdnUvCtqgy2hvS...@giganews.com:
>
> "KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote
>
>> 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.
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
>
>
>
>
Robert Martellaro
Apr 12, 2012, 4:32:40 PM4/12/12
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On 11 Apr 2012 17:19:09 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote in news:jm2tqg$kdk$1@dont-
>email.me:
>
>> On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
>>
>>> I had cataract surgery in both eyes 6 weeks apart. Medicare bought
>>> one pair of glasses. For sunglasses I bought $12 Zenni prescription
>>> glasses.
>>
>> FWIW, Zenni doesn't do prism. http://www.goggles4u.com does, and I was
>> happy with the order I placed there last year. Both places are fine.
They're pirates. Avoidance is my recommendation.
>The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote in news:jm2tqg$kdk$1@dont-
>email.me:
>
>> On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/90/2/189.full.pdf
Robert Martellaro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Roberts Optical Ltd.
Wauwatosa Wi.
www.roberts-optical.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself."
- Richard Feynman
The Real Bev
Apr 14, 2012, 1:18:21 AM4/14/12
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On 04/12/2012 01:32 PM, Robert Martellaro wrote:
> On 11 Apr 2012 17:19:09 GMT, KenK<inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>
> On 11 Apr 2012 17:19:09 GMT, KenK<inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>The Real Bev<bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>
>>> On 04/10/2012 08:21 AM, Ray wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
--
Cheers, Bev
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