Our Insurance Policy

We Don’t Accept Insurance or Medicare — Here’s Why

We take great pride in how efficient and effective we are in helping our patients, including our willingness to take the time needed to properly diagnose and treat your visual conditions. Unfortunately, insurance companies set parameters that do not always have your best interests in mind and often do not provide coverage for vision therapy services. For these reasons, we do not contract directly with insurance carriers and we have opted out of Medicare.

What You Need To Know

It’s helpful to know that insurance carriers can be divided into two main categories: Vision Plans (VSP and EyeMed) and Medical Carriers (Kaiser, Blue Shield, Aetna, United, etc.) The initial eye examination could potentially be submitted to either your Vision Plan (if you have one) or your Medical Carrier. If vision therapy is recommended, those visits would nearly always be submitted to your Medical Carrier.

In rare cases, VSP offers vision insurance plans that include vision therapy. We’ve also seen that patients with an HSA card or a flex spending account are often reimbursed by their insurers. Even if insurers won’t provide reimbursement, costs can go towards your deductible.