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A World United Against COVID-19

SEP 16, 2021 By Aditi Mehta, MBBS, Zoe Gao, Mais Alkilany, MD, MRSCED(OPHTH), Nonhlanhla Majola MBCHB, Heloisa Nascimento, MD in Features

The YO Info International Edition asks international colleagues how COVID-19 has affected our profession and the health care systems in their home countries, including vaccination programs, burnout and stress, what specific conditions and complications have surfaced since the pandemic began and what advice they would give themselves and others across the globe.

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Back to the Basics: Testing Services, Part 3

SEP 08, 2021 in Testing Services, Coding Updates

Part 3 of this series identifies reasons to review these topics before you bill for your testing services.

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FAQ: Guidance on Provider Relief Fund Reporting

AUG 30, 2021 By Ashley R. Geary and Nick R. Masino, Wade, Goldstein, Landau & Abruzzo, P.C. in Managing Your Practice, Coronavirus, Financial Management

Attorneys from Wade, Goldstein, Landau & Abruzzo, P.C. answer participant questions relating to reporting how you spent Provider Relief Funds on the Department of Health and Human Services portal.

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Study reveals risk factors for severe bleeding in vitreoretinal surgery

AUG 26, 2021 By Shriji Patel, MD

In this study, investigators identified risk factors for severe bleeding during vitreoretinal surgery, and found that the use of antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents had no effect on intraoperative bleeding.

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A case of acute abducens nerve palsy after COVID-19 vaccination

JUL 21, 2021 By Renée Solomon, MD

This paper describes a patient who presented with acute abducens nerve palsy after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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How the COVID-19 Lockdown Changed Children's Eyes

JUL 02, 2021 By Reena Mukamal

Some ophthalmologists around the country are noticing a spike in children’s vision problems as Americans emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some common problems eye doctors are reporting as children catch up on their pediatrician and eye clinic appointments. Find ou…

Provider Relief Fund: Physicians and COVID-19 Grants

JUL 01, 2021 in Coronavirus

The quick disbursal of $30 billion in relief funds from the Department of Health and Human Services will aid providers in areas heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and those who are struggling to keep their doors open due to healthy patients delaying care and practices…

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What a Pandemic Teaches Ophthalmic Practice Leaders and Administrators (Part 3 of 3)

JUN 18, 2021 By Gary S Schwartz MD, Daniel Zismer, PHD in Practice Operations, Managing Your Practice, Financial Management, Coronavirus, Practice Ownership

In part 3 of this three-part series, Gary S. Schwartz, MD, MHA and Daniel K. Zismer, PhD, outline six business model design factors that matter most for safeguarding the practice against dramatic economic challenges encountered in the global pandemic.

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Humanitarian Ophthalmology Expeditions to the Amazon

JUN 16, 2021 By Ricardo M Nose, MD in Features

Ten years ago, Brazilian ophthalmologist Ricardo Menon Nosé, MD, embarked on an extraordinary journey by boat to a remote region of the Amazon to deliver sight-restoring eye care to the country's most geographically isolated residents.

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Survey: 96% of U.S. Ophthalmologists Got COVID-19 Vaccine

JUN 15, 2021

A survey of U.S.-based American Academy of Ophthalmology members shows that more than 96% are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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