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Access To Comprehensive Vision Care Services Under Schip, Brad Finnegan, Peter Shin
Access To Comprehensive Vision Care Services Under Schip, Brad Finnegan, Peter Shin
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
Vision services are generally classified as optional benefits in Medicaid and SCHIP, and access to vision care services may vary due to lack of uniform coverage and benefit design across states. Although children enrolled in Medicaid are generally able to obtain access to vision care services through the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit, states that operate separate SCHIP programs are not mandated to cover EPSDT benefits. A GAO report found that states tend to place more limits on vision benefits in SCHIP than in Medicaid and in ten states limit the number of exams and corrective …
Aging, Primary Care, And Self-Sufficiency: Health Care Workforce Challenges Ahead, Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, Laura J. Jolley
Aging, Primary Care, And Self-Sufficiency: Health Care Workforce Challenges Ahead, Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, Laura J. Jolley
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
A combination of "environmental factors" in the U.S. has led to an increased demand for health care professionals. However, there has been a significant decrease in the number of U.S. medical graduates selecting careers in family medicine and general internal medicine, thus driving demand for international medical graduates. At the heart of our national workforce policy needs to be good domestic and foreign policies, such as self-sufficiency approaches that include strategies to incentivize rural and underserved practice for U.S. medical graduates.