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EysuvisMedical Mutual

Dry Eye Disease

Initial criteria

  • Patient is age ≥ 18 years; AND
  • Eysuvis is prescribed by or in consultation with an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or rheumatologist; AND
  • The prescriber has administered testing for ONE of the following homeostasis markers and the patient has the corresponding result (a, b, c, or d):
  • a. Schirmer’s test (< 5 mm of wetting over 5 minutes); OR
  • b. Non-invasive tear breakup time (TBUT) result of 10 seconds or less; OR
  • c. Osmolarity result of 308 mOsm/L or greater in either eye OR interocular difference of greater than 8 mOsm/L; OR
  • d. Ocular surface staining result of greater than 5 corneal spots OR greater than 9 conjunctival spots, OR lid margin (2 mm or greater length and 25% or greater width); AND
  • The patient has tried preservative free artificial tears.

Reauthorization criteria

  • Patient is age ≥ 18 years; AND
  • The medication is prescribed by or in consultation with an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or rheumatologist; AND
  • The patient has had a beneficial response to therapy, including reduced eye irritation, dryness, red eyes, or burning

Approval duration

1 month initial, 1 month reauth