Insurance Plans Accepted:

• Vision Service Plan
• Presbyterian
• Davis Vision
• Vision Care Direct
• City of Santa Fe- CCN- Wausau
• Lovelace & Cigna
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Medicare
• Medicaid

Payment Options: We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Checks and Cash.

All overages, deductibles and co-payments will be due at the time of service.

More Insurance Benefits Information

Today's health care environment has become more confusing and complex. Understanding your health insurance and vision benefit is not as easy as it once was. Our practice has provided this information to untangle and clarify many misconceptions about third party care and your vision.

Unless your provider (doctor or health care facility) specifically takes assignment of benefits, the patient is ultimately responsible for any the fees on non-covered services and charges. The insurance relationship is between the patient and the insurance company--NOT between the patient and the provider.

Many common vision insurance programs only cover the vision part of the overall eye health examination. There are two distinct and important elements to every visit to our practice. First, the most important aspect of your visit today is to insure quality of life by providing you with a comprehensive, thorough medical examination of your visual system. Many eye diseases that affect your vision have little or no symptoms until the problem has become sight-threatening. Routine eye health examinations are critical to prevent debilitating eye disease. Secondly, each comprehensive medical eye exam will include a vision component to analyze and prescribe, if necessary, eyewear or contact lenses to correct your vision.

It may be necessary for your doctor to perform additional special testing to insure the overall health of your eyes. Most often, this additional testing will not be covered as part of your routine vision benefit. Major medical insurance may, in many cases, cover these tests and procedures as they are considered medically necessary.

The following is a summary of the three major Vision Insurance programs. Hopefully, this information will be helpful to all patients in choosing proper eyewear, contact lenses and eye care for themselves and their families. Please feel free to ask our Insurance Benefit Coordinator if you have any questions about your specific vision insurance or medical coverage during your visit today.

VSP

The Vision Service Plan (VSP) - In most cases, VSP will fully cover your eye health and vision exam. In most cases there may be a co-pay on the part of each patient. The co-pay must be paid at the time of service. The eyewear component of the Vision Service Plan contributes or subsidizes the purchase of your eyewear. Each specific Vision Service Plan subsidizes eyewear purchases at different levels. The Vision Service Plan is not an entitlement plan, and patients are free to choose any frame or lens option recommended by their doctor. Our professional optical staff will be happy to determine if any out-of-pocket costs will be incurred at the time of your visit.

MEDICARE

Our practice participates in the Medicare program. We accept assignment of benefits on behalf of each eligible patient. The eye health examination is a fully covered service under the Medicare program. However, as mandated by Federal law, the refraction part of the vision section of your exam is a non-covered service. Each Medicare patient will be charged for the refraction. This charge must be paid for at the time of service during your visit.  The purchase of frames, lenses, lens options and coatings is the responsibility of each Medicare patient.

Hopefully, this information will give you a better idea of the vision benefit you are using today. Our insurance coordinator is available to answer any questions. Due to the large number of different Vision Insurance Benefit Programs, it is impossible to know the specific details and reimbursement policies of each. If our doctors do not participate in your Vision Benefit Program, we will be happy to provide you all the necessary forms and documentation for you to submit to the carrier for reimbursement.

Thank you for your understanding and patience. If you need more information about whether we accept your plan, please give us a call.