SARATOGA, Calif.— VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices, said that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted transitional pass-through payment status and established a billing code for the implantable miniature telescope under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. The new pass-through code, C1840, is effective Oct. […]

Remarkable optical system that treats central vision blindness caused by end-stage macular degeneration recently received FDA approval. The challenges involved in developing an implantable optical device to give sight back to sufferers of end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are nothing short of immense. Not only must developers understand the disease and create a device that […]

Spectrum Works With Labs to Form Extensive PPO Base OVERLAND PARK, KS – Working through an extensive network of preferred laboratories, Spectrum Vision Systems, Inc., a two-year-old preferred provider organization (PPO) has built a provider base of 2,300 independent practitioners, giving it the largest PPO provider base in the U.S., according to Paul Disser, chairman […]

Property-casualty agents looking to cross-sell life-health products will do themselves and their clients and prospects a huge favor by focusing on vision care benefits. Vision care, once considered the “stepchild” of the employee benefits family, is that no more. Although it has grown through the years to be considered a much-desired peripheral product, the marketing […]

by Paul J. Disser CEO, Spectrum Vision Systems Overland Park, Kansas Spread the word. There’s a new generation that is progressive, forward-thinking, and inquisitive about millennium benefits. The age-old “what’s in it for me?” query, while still–as it always will be–at the top of the list of concerns among insurers, agents and brokers, is now […]

How Will We Be Remembered? by Paul J. Disser, Spectrum Vision Systems It has been said that none of us now are what we have been. And for many of us, a combination of hard work and inspiration from the success stories of others may have paid off handsomely. Or, within other scenarios, because of […]

The odds are better than 3 to 2 you’re reading this article with the aid of some form of eyewear. Some 150 million Americans wear eyeglasses or contact lenses and thousands of others begin to do so each day. But recent technological advances indicate that many of these people will be able to discard their […]

Contributed by Paul J. Disser – A Growing Market – Strong Selling Points – Choosing a Provider It’s no secret to savvy insurance agents that vision care is always near the top of the list of benefits most requested by employees, according to the findings of countless surveys. And now, with the addition of laser […]

Coverage for eye laser surgery, on an elective and discount basis, is being offered by Spectrum Benefits Management Corporation, Overland Park, KS, in a coventure with West Texas Preferred Vision Care LLC. Through this new addition to the benefits portfolio, those who are enrolled as vision care members are offered a ten to 25 percent […]

Laser Surgery Added To Vision Care Benefits by Paul J. Disser, Spectrum Vision Systems N.A.P.E.S.: Paul, I understand your organization has just added eye laser surgery to the vision care package. What brought this about, and of how much benefit do you see it bringing to enrollment specialists and their clients and prospects? Disser: What […]