Eye and Vision News

Apr

Mass Health Releases New Web-based Resources on Vision Benefits

For the past 3 years, members of CVMA have regularly met with the Director of Vision Services at Mass Health with the goal of improving...

Apr

New Massachusetts Vision Screening Protocols – Newsletter of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), in partnership with expert consultants from Children’s Vision Massachusetts (CVMA) and Prevent Blindness, recently updated the Massachusetts Preschool...

Mar

Special Commission on Children’s Vision and Eye Health Recommendations Released

As a result of the advocacy of over 150 members of Children’s Vision Massachusetts (CVMA) members, the 2017 Massachusetts Legislature enacted into law a Special...

Nov

CVMA members provide Massachusetts School Nurse Clinical Update Training Series

In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), School Health Unit, and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent...

Oct

CVMA collaborates with MA DPH on new state vision screening protocols

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), School Health Unit, released new vision screening protocols to be implemented beginning September, 1, 2022. The new protocols...

Sep

Children’s Vision Massachusetts Testifies at House Hearing on Behalf of ARPA Funding for Vision Screening

The Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Federal Stimulus and Census Oversight will be holding a virtual hearing on the American Rescue Plan Act...

Aug

US Department of Education Voices From the Field: Interview with Paulette Tattersall

Paulette Tattersall DipPharm, MSc, is the Northeast Director of Prevent Blindness, a national organization whose mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. She is...

Jun

CVMA urges parents and caregivers to call their legislators to support the new vision bills

TWO new children’s vision bills have been presented to this legislative session (both attached): H2231: “An Act improving child eye health” by Representative Christine Barber...

May

Celebrate School Nurses Day on May 12!

Since 1972, National School Nurse Day has been set aside to recognize school nurses. National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding...

Mar

CVMA Adds Support for CDC Vision Programs

CVMA coalition members signed on to a letter urging Senate and House Representatives to appropriate $5 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s...