Implementing Alternative Payment Models (APMs): Beyond the OCM

The opening session of AAO 2026 featured a keynote speech discussing how artificial intelligence (AI) will play a part in health care.

Incidence of diabetic macular edema and the need for glaucoma surgery were reduced after treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.

Medicaid expansion was associated with lower colorectal cancer mortality, with the largest reductions in Hispanic patients and stage IV disease.

TP53 mutations occurred in 3% of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) but 10% of myelofibrosis or blast-phase cohorts in a review of 11 cohort studies.

Amanda Velazquez, MD, discusses GLP-1 formulary strategies, overcoming prior authorization hurdles, and building scalable obesity care infrastructure.

Older adults on Medicare report the best access to care among 10 countries but more cost-related problems and higher out-of-pocket spending.

Patients with Sjögren disease diagnosed over a year after symptom onset had 2.3 times the odds of moderate or greater disease activity, a US survey found.

An estimated 44,052 sports eye injuries were treated in 2025 and 1262 pickleball eye injuries in 2024; 99% of lawnmower eye injuries were at home.