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July 2021
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Lean Practice: Lessons Learned During the Pandemic

The public health emergency forced practices to make drastic changes. This month’s feature takes a look at how a lean approach helped, which innovations are worth keeping, and how organizations can stay nimble beyond the pandemic.

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MIPS 2021—How to Boost Your Promoting Interoperability Score

Written By: Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR, Coding and Practice Management Executive, John Ward, Academy Manager of Customer Service, and Chris McDonagh, EyeNet Senior Editor

To improve your MIPS score, take these steps ASAP. (August EyeNet. Published online ahead of print.)

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Ophthalmic Pearls

Diagnosis and Management of Macular Holes

Written By: Mahera Husain, BS, Steve Gerber, MD, and Amir Hajrasouliha, MD.
Edited By: Gregg T. Kokame, MD, and Bennie H. Jeng, MD.

Idiopathic and traumatic macular hole diagnosis, management, and outcomes—just in time for July 4.

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Clinical Update

Key Cornea Trials: The Legacy of HEDS, the Promise of ZEDS

Written By: Leslie Burling, Contributing Writer, interviewing Penny A. Asbell, MD, MBA, Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD, and Sonal S. Tuli, MD

A look ahead to the Zoster Eye Disease Study and an update on the Herpetic Eye Disease Study.

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Xen and Preserflo: Their Places in the Glaucoma Toolkit

Written By: Annie Stuart, Contributing Writer, interviewing Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD, Lauren S. Blieden, MD, and Michele C. Lim, MD

Xen and Preserflo: Where these bleb-forming MIGS devices fit into the glaucoma surgery landscape.

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Morning Rounds

Not Your Typical Headlight in the Fog

Written By: Guneet S. Sodhi, MD, John D. Sheppard, MD, and Rohit S. Adyanthaya, MD
Edited By: Ahmad A. Aref, MD, MBA

The 11-year-old had experienced blurry vision for two months before she was referred to us for retinal inflammation. What’s your diagnosis? Web Extra: OCT images showing improvement in the chorioretinal lesion three weeks after the initial presentation and complete resolution of the subretinal fluid following anti-VEGF therapy.

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Blink

Can You Guess July's Mystery Condition?

Make your diagnosis in the comments, and get the answer to last month’s mystery.

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News in Review

Corneal Graft Survival and COVID Vaccines

As more patients are vaccinated against COVID-19, cornea surgeons are encountering a late postoperative complication that heretofore has been rare: postvaccination corneal allograft rejection.

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Biosimilar Drug for AMD Shows Promise

The biosimilar ophthalmic drug FYB201 is clinically equivalent to ranibizumab for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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Outcomes After Cataract Surgery in Patients With DME

While visual acuity may improve in patients with diabetic macular edema who are actively managed with anti-VEGF injections before and after cataract surgery, their edema may worsen and perhaps require additional treatment.

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Global Burden of Undetected Glaucoma

Despite decades of progress in glaucoma research as well as the advent of novel imaging technologies and surgical interventions, undetected glaucoma remains highly prevalent worldwide.

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

Dr. Parke to step down as Academy CEO. Highlights of the second virtual Congressional Advocacy Day. And more.

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Destination AAO

Get Ready for New Orleans

In each issue leading up to AAO 2021, EyeNet will provide you with the information you’ll need to hit the ground running when you arrive in New Orleans—including a heads-up on deadlines, event previews, interviews, sneak peeks, and more.

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Savvy Coder

Coding for Ocular Trauma

Written By: Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, OCSR, Academy Director of Coding and Reimbursement

Tip: In the emergency department, the 1997 E/M rules still apply. Web Extra: A tip about follow-up.

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Opinion

What Will We Do With Our Garbage?

Ruth D. Williams, MD, Chief Medical Editor, on the challenge of surgical waste.

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Current Perspective

Industry-Sponsored Speaker Programs

David W. Parke II, MD, Academy CEO, on key opinion leaders.

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