Health Care Access

Ten states have joined the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demonstration Program, according to a release from HHS.

The AMA adopted policies to protect patients’ access to necessary health care in a variety of ways at its annual meeting.

Cost, insurance, transport and accessibility, eye health literacy and communication were identified as major barriers to eye care among U.S. adults, with telemedicine cited as a possible solution, according to a systematic review in Cureus.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses how obesity awareness has evolved since obesity was recognized as a disease in 2013.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses the need for clinicians who are "culturally competent" and provide evidence-based, comprehensive obesity treatment.

In a video interview, Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD, retinal specialist and assistant professor of ophthalmology at Duke University discusses concerns with access to AMD care as the ophthalmology workforce is expected to decline.

Communities lacking pediatric eye care providers had lower mean household incomes and fewer people with bachelor’s degrees, highlighting the importance of improving access in underserved areas, according to a study in JAMA Ophthalmology.

NEW YORK — Visionix and 20/20NOW debuted a new tele-optometry program at Vision Expo East that aims to expand affordable access to comprehensive eye exams.

The FDA has issued warning letters to US Chem Labs and Synthetix Inc. for offering unapproved and misbranded semaglutide and tirzepatide on their websites.

A new direct-to-consumer health care program launched by Eli Lilly has the potential to improve access to diabetes, obesity and migraine medications in the United States.