Does Medicare cover expense of eye exam for diabetic-induced retinopathy?
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Yes.  Medicare will cover a yearly diabetic eye exam (assuming your doctor is a provider for medicare in your state).  The only thing medicare will not cover is a refraction fee. This ranges from $10-50 depending on how much that practice wants to charge.  That is what it costs to check for glasses. If you are having no trouble you do not have to have that done.  Just tell the doctor or assistant that you would prefer not to have that done.  It shouldn't be a big deal.
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Medicare bases nursing home reimbursement on fair and reasonable costs for a particular geographic location.  If a nursing home won't accept that reimbursement, they won't participate.  No Healthcare facility is forced to accept any government reimbursement program.\n\nSocial Security and Medicare will go bankrupt because of mismanagement, and the number of people getting older---Not because of high reimbursements by any healthcare facility.
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EXACT DEFINITION:\n"Medicare Part D is a prescription drug benefit for people with Medicare (United States) in the USA. It was enacted as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)."\n\nPros and cons discussed here at the Big Wiki..\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Part_D
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About $115.00, but this would include glaucoma testing,dialated retinal exam and refraction. Your exam should take at least 45 minutes. Save up the $ and get your eye exam from a good Dr. that someone who you respect has referred you to. Your eyes will thank you.
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Best money that i ever spent.   Had a prescription (for contracts) of -6.5 in both eyes - so my eyesight was terrible.   Had both eyes done at the same time - better than 20;20 vision after recovery.  Hurts a little bit straight after, but recovery time is quick - everything was fine after 2-3 days.  \n\nWould advise anybody to have it done.
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Usually there is an exchange..by being on the show the fees are waived. Insurance will pay for only a few proceedures such as correcting a deviated sept. or an eye lift if medically needed.
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on the average about 90-99 dollars for the exam, prescription and trial pair...\n\nyour first estimate sounds right.. your normal eye doctor may be doing something extra or may be prescribing much more expensive lenses to charge more...\n\ngood luck
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I had it done in 2003 for about $2400. Insurance did NOT cover it.\n\nHere's my bloggage from the time:\n\nhttp://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=stjnky&nextdate=4%2f6%2f2003+23%3a59%3a59.999\n\nI was 37 at the time. That's "gettin on up thar" in eyeball years, which means my prescription for nearsightedness had been stable for a good long time, which is a good thing in LASIKworld, but since I was approaching middle age, the warranty wouldn't be good for very long... meaning, LASIK may give you 20/20 vision *right now*, but your eyes are still likely to change as you get older and you *might* end up needing glasses again some day.\n\nI've been very happy with the results. The only downside is that, I guess since they are cutting through nerves in your cornea when they do this sort of thing, your eyes might end up being a little bit drier than they used to be (maybe you don't *feel* all the dust particles like you used to? I dunno.)\n\nOhyeah, and this year, at age 40, when I went for my eye exam, I was informed that my left eye is 20/20, but my right eye is 20/50.\n\nI still don't *need* glasses, but I find that it helps with night driving. The other interesting thing about LASIK and night vision is that, since your pupils get bigger in the dark, you're viewing things through more of the laser-scraped part of your cornea, so you're more likely to have slightly less-than-perfect vision at night. Have you ever heard about the "starbursts" some people report seeing around lights at night? It's probably due to that. I don't see starbursts, and the doc told me that's mostly a thing of the past as LASIK technology has improved over the years, but I do experience a bit of hard-to-describe distortion. It's not a *dealbreaker*, but the glasses *do* make it better.\n\n(Fun fact: note the monacle in the profile pic? That's for the 20/50 eye. :-)
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Diabetic Retinopathy?\nRetinal Tears?\nAge-related Macular Degeneration?\nRetinal Detachment?\nPosterior Vitreous Detachment?\nRetinal Vascular Occlusions?\nVitreous Hemorrhage?\nMacular Holes?\nRetinitis Pigmentosa?\n\n\nTry the link I gave in my sources
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This takes hours of research. The bottom line is if you are now on medications, check to see which plans cover ALL of your prescriptions. The average price for coverage D is about $45 per month. Check with your medicare supplement co. first.
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I know, this is not something they cover in school (they should!).  The three month period is to prevent you from taking the job and the insurance with an unknown pre-existing condition.  They'll give you options (how many depends on your employer) of high-copay (what you pay up front at the doctor's office), low-deductable (what you pay every year before the insurance starts to kick in) or low-copay, high-deductable.  The premium is a separate, monthly fee you pay (usually taken out of your paycheck before you get it) for the privalege of having insurance.  The amount varies depending on the deductable and copay you want (if you have a low copay or deductable, the premium goes up because the insurance company assumes you anticipate going to the doctor more).  Some employers pay some or all of your premium, so ask how much they'll cover before you choose a plan.  Eye and Dental are usually additional options that you pay extra out of your paycheck each month.  According to your details, you probably want a low premium, high-copay, high-deductable plan with the optional eye plan.
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Not sure, but the thickness varies depending on how much you are willing to pay. I wear glasses and have really bad eyesight, but I don't want to wear thick glasses therefore I pay a hundred dollars or more to make them  abit thinner. Ask your optometrist.
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$40,000 due to continued health care for diabetes and other "female" problems.\nFayetteville, AR.
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Completely depends on whether the patient has complications.   I had it done 3 years ago...absolutely no complications..total cost was about $30,000\n\nI paid about $1,500 out of pocket
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Your answer is Medicare, not Medicaid.  Medicare covers dialysis treatments for end-stage kidney disease patients.  Talk to your mother's facility manager or social worker where she gets dialysis and they will assist you in making sure Medicare pays for the dialysis.\n\nFor more information, read Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services found at:\nhttp://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10128_LE.pdf
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If your new spouse has medical insurance it will cover the bills as primary coverage, medicare will cover any in hospital expenses left over. The two sources of income will be added together at the end of the year for the IRS to determine how much of your disability payments will be taxed> That is it. I hope your new spouse will mean more to you than your monthly check, if not give him or her a break and stay single any
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History: \n\nOcular history\nDiabetic history - Specific inquiry should be made into risk factors for the development of DR.\nType of diabetes - After 20 years of disease, nearly all patients with type I and 60% of patients with type II have some degree of retinopathy.\nDuration of the diabetes - Increased risk of DR\nAge of patient - DR is more likely to present in patients older than 40 years.\nDiabetic control - The Diabetes Control and Complication Trail (DCCT) has clearly demonstrated that tighter control of blood sugar is associated with reduced incidence of DR. (Glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA1c] should be less than 7%.)\nRenal disease - Proteinuria is a good marker for the development of DR; thus, patients with diabetic nephropathy should be observed more closely.\nSystemic hypertension - Increased risk of retinopathy (DR with superimposed hypertensive retinopathy)\nTriglycerides and lipids - Normalization of lipid levels reduces retinal leakage and exudates deposition.\nPregnancy - DR can progress rapidly in pregnant women, especially those with preexisting DR. \n\nPhysical: Funduscopy under stereopsis and high magnification should be performed on every patient with diabetes to assess for DME and DR. An indirect ophthalmoscope does not provide adequate magnification for the ophthalmologist to diagnose DME.\n\nDME is defined as retinal thickening within 2 disc diameters of the center of the macula.\nFocal edema is associated with hard exudate rings resulting from leakage from microaneurysms.\nDiffuse edema results from breakdown of blood-retinal barrier with leakage from microaneurysms, retinal capillaries, and arterioles.\nCSME, as defined by the ETDRS, exists with any of the following findings:\nRetinal thickening within 500 mm of the center of the fovea\nHard, yellow exudates within 500 mm of the center of the fovea with adjacent retinal thickening\nAt least 1 disc area of retinal thickening, any part of which is within 1 disc diameter of the center of the fovea\nOther physical findings that should be noted include the following:\nVisual acuity is an important parameter in following the progression of CSME, although it does not aid in the diagnosis of CSME because patients may have a visual acuity of 20/20.\nThe status of the posterior hyaloid; detached, taut, thickened\nCauses: Causes include the following:\n\nAfter 20 years of the disease, nearly all patients with type I diabetes mellitus and 60% of patients with type II diabetes mellitus will have some degree of retinopathy.\nPoor control of blood sugar increases the risk of diabetic retinopathy.\nRenal disease can be a marker for the development of diabetic retinopathy.\nSystemic hypertension increases the risk of diabetic retinopathy.\nElevated lipid levels increase the risk of leakage and exudate deposits.