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"OPTICAL" PLANS
PROVIDED BY MEDIAL EYE SERVICES
Eye Care & Eyewear Plan
The Plan provides Full coverage for covered services and/or materials
when provided by a participating provider of the Eye Care Network.
Directories of participating providers are available on request.
Coverage: $10 Deductible
- One Comprehensive examination in any 24 consecutive months, with a
follow-up examination at a 12-month interval.
- One pair of standard lenses in any 24 consecutive months, or at a 12
month interval is the prescription change so indicates. (Standard lenses
fit any frame with an eye size less then 56mm.)
- One standard frame in any 24 consecutive months (A standard frame is
any frame that has a maximum retail cost of $60 or less).
- One pair of contact lenses in any 24 consecutive months, or at a 12
month interval if the prescription change so indicates. (This benefit is
in lieu of lenses and frames).
- If contact lenses are for cosmetic or convenience purposes, the plan
will pay $100 toward their cost. Any balance is the patients
responsibility.
- If contact lenses are medically necessary, they are a fully covered
benefit: Following cataract surgery; or when visual acuity cannot be
corrected to 20/70 in the better eye except through the use of contacts;
or when necessitated by anisometropia or keraroconus. A report from the
Eye Care Specialist is required
Benefits Provide by Non-Participating Providers:
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provided by a non-participating opthamologist, optometrist or
optician, charges will be paid, in excess of $10 deductible up to,
but not to exceed, the following schedule of allowances:
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| Benefits |
Allowances |
| Examination |
$40.00 |
| Follow-up
Examination |
$20.00 |
Lenses (Per Pair) Single
Vision Bifocal Trifocal Lenticular or Aphakic |
$30.00 $50.00 $65.00 $125.00 |
Contact Lenses (Per
Pair) Medically Necessary Cosmetic or Convenience |
$250.00 $100.00 |
| Frame |
$40.00 |
Benefit frequencies are the same as listed under the participating
providers section.
Eye Wear Only Plan:
The Plan Provides Same Level of Benefits for Frames and Lenses. No
Benefits for Examinations. (Health Net and Kaiser HMO's Provide Full Exam
Benefit). There is no Deductible for Eyewear.
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