Payment review of emergency department eye care in Florida

A substantial proportion of emergency department eye care in Florida is reimbursed through Medicaid or paid for out of pocket by patients, and those findings may help in strategic planning as the debate over how best to implement the nation's new health care reform law progresses, according to a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

ED Eye Care In Florida - A Payment Review

A major part of Florida's emergency department eye care is reimbursed through Medicaid or paid for directly by the patients. According to a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, these findings may be beneficial in strategic planning as the debate over how best to implement the nation's new health care reform law progresses...

Study predicts heavy load for ERs

Hospitals preparing for the launch of key provisions of the health care reform law in 2014 need to expect even more Floridians unable to pay for emergency eye care, a University of South Florida study released Monday shows.

Florida Seniors Pledge Allegiance To Mitt Romney

Presidential hopeful makes a patriotic stop in Lady Lake, Florida, but not all his supporters were quite as upbeat.

Unidentified Vision Problems in Children, a Silent Epidemic

LAKE MARY, Fla., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As a highly experienced vision screener who has tested more than 50,000 children over the past 10 years for Florida's VisionQuest, Nancy Jeppesen has seen ...