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New Medicare Policy Allows Oklahoma
Seniors to Choose crystalens®
Expanded Reimbursement
Includes Breakthrough Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lens
Available at BVA Advanced Eye Care
Oklahoma City,
May 16, 2005 – The crystalens ® procedure now can
be privately purchased by Oklahoma Medicare
beneficiaries thanks to a new Medicare policy
announced last week. crystalens ® is the first and
only FDA-approved naturally focusing (accommodating)
vision-correction lens replacement for adults with
cataracts and presbyopia.
crystalens ® is the most advanced intraocular lens (IOL)
currently available, yet the previous Medicare
reimbursement policy did not allow its beneficiaries
to opt for this breakthrough technology for cataract
surgery.
“I perform thousands of cataract surgeries each
year. Yet, as vision technologies advanced, Medicare
reimbursement hasn’t kept pace. I know first-hand
the tremendous results patients can achieve with
crystalens ®. Now my Medicare patients have access to
the same vision and lifestyle benefits previously
only available to individuals under 65,” said
ophthalmologist Dr. Brad Taylor with BVA Advanced
Eye Care, based in Edmond.
Seniors on Medicare now can opt for the presbyopia-correcting
crystalens ®, which focuses and moves in the eye like
the natural lens thanks to its proprietary
accommodating characteristics.
The crystalens ® is designed to treat two conditions:
cataract removal with lens replacement (a procedure
covered by Medicare) and presbyopia (a non-covered
service). Patients who select crystalens® will
receive the standard Medicare reimbursement for
cataract surgery, and can now pay privately for the
presbyopic portion of the treatment.
Presbyopia is an inevitable age-related eye
condition that makes it difficult to read or see
objects up-close without the use of reading glasses.
Presbyopia is the first sign of a cataract and is
the most prevalent eye condition in America. It
causes the crystalline lens to increasingly stiffen,
lose flexibility and cloud, diminishing its focusing
ability.
crystalens ® corrects vision at all distances and in
most cases eliminates the need for glasses and
contacts for everyday tasks. Its ability to focus at
all distances frees most patients from the need for
glasses following cataract surgery.
In clinical trials, nearly three-times the number of
patients (85 percent) who received the crystalens ®
could see at all distances compared to a standard
IOL. By using the eye’s muscle to move the lens back
and forwards naturally, patients can focus through a
continuous range of vision including near, far and
everywhere in between. All other intraocular lenses
are designed to remain fixed in the eye.
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