1) Saving Sight Rhode Island
2) Office of Rehabilitation Services- Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired http://www.macular.org/stagency/index.html
3) OSCIL (Ocean State Center for Independent Living)
4) IN-SIGHT
5) Vision USA Program
6) Rhode Island Optometric Association http://www.rioa.org/
Schools of Optometry, University Ophthalmology Departments, and Eye Institutes
1) Brown University of Medicine has a Dept of Ophthalmology and Residency Program
2) Rhode Island Hospital has a residency for Ophthalmology
3) Rhode Island Eye Institute
State Medicaid Benefits
Rhode Island Medicaid requires prior approval for visual training. Benefits include 1 refractive exam every year. The reimbursement methodology is fee for service with some services paid 90% of physician fee. There is no co-payment specified. Both the categorically and medically necessary populations are covered.
Healthy Vision Community Awards project
The Rhode Island Dept of Health DPCP received a Healthy Vision Community Award from the NEI. In Rhode Island, the funds will be used in a campaign to promote eye health education, reduce visual impairment and foster collaborations to address vision health challenges statewide. The project will also create awareness of the need for dilated eye exams among persons with diabetes, particularly those who are Hispanic/Latino. Culturally, linguistically and educationally appropriate messages will be disseminated via radio, brochures and billboards.
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