Replacing Medicare visual acuity screening with dilated eye exams appears cost effective

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

Replacing visual acuity screenings for new Medicare enrollees with coverage of a dilated eye exam for healthy patients entering the government insurance program for the elderly "would be highly cost-effective," suggests a study being published Online First by the Archives of Ophthalmology.

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