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Senate Bill
118 Signed By
Governor
allowed. Shortages
can be especially
detrimental for glaucoma patients; gaps
in treatment can lead
to vision loss and
increase the risk of
blindness.
Recognizing this
barrier to care, the
Academy lobbied for
reform. Thanks to
their efforts, patients
who use prescription eye drops can
now refill their
prescription after 25
days, instead of the
previous 30, if the
practitioner notes on
the prescription that
additional quantities
are needed. For a 90 day prescription, early refills are now permitted
between 80 and 90 days. In addition,
Senate Bill 118 also allows for an
extra bottle of prescription eye drops
to be kept at a school or daycare
center and filled once every three
months.
“This change is important to those
patients who suffer from chronic eye
disease. Without proper treatment
patients may face much more costly
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and invasive intervention, such as
surgery,” said Dr. Julie Lee, Presidentelect of the Academy. The Academy’s
mission is to promote and advance
the science and art of medicine and
surgery, and to provide convenient
and quality eye care to the citizens of
Kentucky. To learn more about the
group, visit their website at http://
www.kyeyemds.org/.
Kentucky patients with chronic eye
conditions benefit from new law,
thanks to the Kentucky Academy of
Eye Physicians and Surgeons
FRANKFORT, KY – Governor
Steve Beshear signed Senate Bill
118 on April 7, 2014, signaling a
win for the Kentucky Academy of
Eye Physicians and Surgeons (“the
Academy”) who worked diligently
with legislators during the General
Assembly to promote the bill.
Anyone who has used eye drops
knows that application can be difficult and often results in inadvertent
waste. Unlike a pill, drops that miss
the eye are gone forever – there is
no way to recover the lost amount.
Health plans often provide an inadequate volume of monthly eye drops
for patients with chronic eye conditions because they fail to account for
this common, unavoidable problem.
For those with chronic eye conditions, inadvertent waste can prove
to be an obstacle for effective treatment. The elderly and children, who
often struggle with successful drop
application, frequently run out of
their prescription before a refill is
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