Optometry

Research conducted at University of Alabama has updated our knowledge about optometry

Published in Physician Business Week, October 28th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Alabama Medicaid reimburses ''objective'' vision screening (VS), i.e., by acuity or similar quantitative method, and well child checks (WCCs) separately. We analyzed the frequency of each service obtained."

"Claims for WCC and VS provided between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003 for children aged 3 to 18 years, and summary data for all enrolled children, were obtained from Alabama Medicaid. We used univariate analysis followed by logistic regression to explore the potential influence of factors (patient age, provider type, and provider's volume of WCCs) on the receipt of VS at pre-school ages. Children receiving WCCs...

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Source: Physician Business Week (2008-10-28)

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