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Close the diabetic eye exam gap in your exam room

Capture a retinal image during the visit you already have. A board-certified ophthalmologist reads it and sends back a clear report in 24–48 hours — so you close the quality measure, keep the patient, and skip the referral out the door.

Supports HEDIS & Stars eye-exam measures
Reports back in 24–48 hours
Your camera, your patient, your panel
The problem

You manage their diabetes. The eye exam still slips through.

Primary care carries the chronic-disease burden — but the one screening you can’t do at the desk is the eye exam. So it gets referred out, and the gap stays open.

The eye-exam measure goes unclosed

A large share of diabetic patients never complete their annual dilated eye exam. The HEDIS Eye Exam for Patients With Diabetes (EED) measure — and the matching Medicare Stars gap — stays open at year end, no matter how well you manage their A1c.

Referrals leak out the door

You refer the patient to an outside eye doctor, but only a fraction ever book. You lose the touchpoint, the documentation, and the visibility into whether the screening ever happened.

Silent disease advances between visits

Diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive changes, and glaucoma progress without symptoms. By the time a patient notices vision loss, the window for the easiest intervention has often closed.

The EyeSee solution

Screen during the appointment you already have

Your team captures the retinal image, we read it, and a chart-ready report comes back in 24–48 hours. The measure is closed, and the patient never leaves your care. It’s radiology, but for eyes.

  1. 1

    Capture

    Patient photo

    Your staff captures the retinal image during a routine visit using your existing fundus camera — RetinaVue, Optomed, Topcon, and most platforms supported.

  2. 2

    Upload

    Securely send

    One click sends the image to EyeSee through your camera portal or our secure, HIPAA-aligned upload — no new software or workflow disruption.

  3. 3

    Ophthalmologist Review

    Expert interpretation

    A board-certified ophthalmologist reviews the image, documents findings, and writes clinical impressions and recommendations.

  4. 4

    Report Returned

    24–48 hours

    You receive a clear, structured report — ready for the chart and the conversation with your patient — typically within 24–48 hours.

Measure supported

A documented, board-certified read supports the diabetic eye-exam requirement — credit depends on payer reporting.

Patient retained

No referral out — you keep the relationship, the visit, and the follow-up.

Revenue captured

Your practice collects the technical fee for capturing and submitting the image.

Why primary care chooses EyeSee

Specialist-grade eye care, built into the visit

Be your patients’ eye specialist without adding an eye doctor — and turn an open care gap into closed measures, better outcomes, and new revenue.

Close the quality measure in-house

A documented, board-certified retinal read is designed to support the diabetic eye-exam requirement and feeds into your HEDIS and Medicare Stars reporting — captured during a visit you already had. Measure credit depends on your payer’s reporting rules.

New ancillary revenue

Your practice collects the technical fee for capturing and submitting the image. A few minutes of staff time turns an open care gap into a billable, in-house service line.

Better diabetic & hypertensive care

Catch retinopathy and hypertensive vessel changes early, when monitoring and tighter control still change the outcome — reinforcing the chronic-disease management you already lead.

No new specialist to hire

You add specialist-grade eye reads without recruiting an ophthalmologist, building a clinic, or buying anything beyond a fundus camera. We read the images you capture.

The patient stays yours

No referral out the door. You keep the relationship, the continuity, and the conversation — and become your patients’ eye specialist without adding an eye doctor.

Reports before the next visit

Structured, chart-ready findings come back in 24–48 hours — in time to act, document, and discuss results at the patient’s next touchpoint.

Most relevant to your panel

One image. The conditions hiding in your chronic-disease population.

The retina is the only place a clinician can see blood vessels and the optic nerve directly. For a diabetic and hypertensive panel, a single fundus image surfaces what a routine visit otherwise misses.

Diabetic Retinopathy

Damage to retinal blood vessels from diabetes — a leading cause of preventable blindness.

Hypertensive Retinopathy

Retinal vessel changes caused by high blood pressure.

Glaucoma

Optic-nerve damage that progresses silently; imaging supports earlier detection and surveillance.

By the numbers

What it looks like in your practice

24–48 hr
Report turnaround

From upload to physician report

<1 visit
To close the eye-exam gap

Captured during the appointment you already have

100%
Board-certified reads

Every image, a licensed ophthalmologist

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New specialists to hire

Use the camera and staff you already have

From a primary care partner

Trusted at the point of care

Their ocular interpretations make it easy for us to identify and manage patients at risk for diabetic retinopathy right from the primary care setting. Turnaround is quick, the reports are clear, and the clinical accuracy has been outstanding.
Medical Director Primary Care Clinic
A game-changer for our value-based care model. EyeSee integrates seamlessly and ensures patients get timely retinal screenings without outside referrals — improving compliance rates and outcomes across multiple markets.
VP of Population Health Value-Based Care Organization
EyeSee combines technology, reliability, and clinical precision in a way that’s rare. They’ve helped us expand access to diagnostic eye screenings across our network while maintaining the highest standards of quality.
Network Partner Panacea
Questions, answered

Primary care, specifically

Does an EyeSee read close the HEDIS / Stars diabetic eye-exam measure?
In most cases, yes. Each image is interpreted by a board-certified ophthalmologist who returns a documented retinal report. A documented exam by an ophthalmologist supports the diabetic eye-exam measure (HEDIS EED and the matching Medicare Stars measure), subject to your payer’s reporting requirements — and can be recorded in the patient chart during the same visit, with no outside referral required.
Do we need to hire an eye doctor or build a new clinic?
No. You only need a fundus camera and a few minutes of staff time. Your team captures the retinal image during a routine visit; EyeSee provides the board-certified interpretation remotely. Think radiology, but for eyes — local imaging, expert remote reads. No specialist on payroll, no new room.
How does this fit into a busy primary care visit?
Capturing a fundus image takes only a couple of minutes and is non-invasive — it slots into the same visit you use to check A1c or blood pressure. One click sends it to us, and a structured report comes back in 24–48 hours, ready for the chart and the next conversation.
Who bills, and how does reimbursement work?
Your practice collects the technical fee for capturing and submitting the image; EyeSee provides the professional interpretation. Coverage varies by payer and physician, and some plans reimburse the professional interpretation under global billing arrangements. We provide hands-on guidance to help you navigate payer-specific models. Always verify coverage with your carriers.
Primary care

Close the eye-exam gap without referring out

Add board-certified retinal interpretation to your clinic in days. Capture during the visit you already have — and become your patients’ eye specialist without adding an eye doctor.