Eysuvis — Medical 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