06 Pass through pratfalls - a podcast by Darrell White

from 2018-06-27T21:59:29

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In this episode, Darrell White, MD, discusses Omidria and how and why it’s used in cataract surgery. He also shares his thoughts on the pass-through status of this product and others and where things are headed.    

  • Disclaimer :09
  • Introduction :20
  • Financial disclosures :50
  • What is Omidria, how is it used, and why is it controversial? 1:40
  • Along came floppy iris syndrome 2:10
  • The difficulty in predicting when IFIS will occur 5:09
  • The importance of pupil size in cataract surgery 7:59
  • Why people are not using Omidria 10:50
  • What makes Omidria controversial 12:50
  • Background on the pass-through regulation 13:22
    • How the price is set and how it is paid for 14:13
    • A 3-year deadline and use it or lose it funds 18:10
    • What happens when passthrough ends 20:26
  • What happened in December 2017? 24:41
  • The pass-through extension 26:30
  • Mass confusion over when the 2-year period begins 27:41
  • Omeros is not the bad actor here 29:47
  • Congress hasn’t done its job 30:33
  • A decision needs to be made one way or the other 32:13
  • And about mitomycin C 33:56

 

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