It is time for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD), their families, the village that supports them, and the healthcare professionals that are responsible for their well-being to grab their pitchforks and storm the castle to end the purposeful exclusion by our government to designate them a medically underserved population (MUP).
With continuing decreases in reimbursements, growing prior authorization burdens and ongoing scope-of-practice struggles, ophthalmologists remain silent at their own peril. Here's guidance for do-able advocacy.
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