EYESPOTCARE

We Accept Most Insurance Plans

We accept most insurance plans, so please contact us with further inquiries regarding your coverage.

All patients should bring in their insurance cards to be scanned into our system. Patients do not have to call for referrals. We will call their PCPs for referrals if the insurance plan requires it.

Most Insurance Plans Will Cover:

• Routine Eye Care Exam
• Dry Eye Exam
• Telemedicine Consultations
• Contact Lens Fittings*

Different insurance plans and providers cover different services. Check with your insurance company to find out what other services may be covered.

*Some dedicated vision insurance plans will cover a portion of the contact lens fitting fee and the staff will check the plan and inform patients accordingly of their discounts.

What To Expect From Your First IPL Treatment

With IPL technology, light pulses penetrate the tissue and create heat, targeting the abnormal vessels that are the root cause of the inflammation. The body’s natural reaction to the treatment removes the abnormal vessels and heals the inflammation threatening the skin and eyelid. IPL technology treats your skin and eyelid inflammation while improving overall skin appearance.

To ensure the utmost comfort, your doctor will apply coupling gel to the treatment area. For the safety of your eyes, you will be wearing IPL protective goggles/pads during the whole treatment

session. Each session lasts approximately 15 minutes. During the treatment, you might experience a warm sensation as light is applied to the skin, but the treatment is gentle and should not feel uncomfortable.

Immediately following treatment, you may experience some redness around treated areas that will usually disappear within a few hours. In most cases, makeup may be applied immediately, and daily activities can be resumed the same day. Your physician should advise to stay out of direct sunlight for a few days following the treatment and apply sunscreen.

Following the full treatment session, it is recommended to consult your doctor on maintenance treatments for optimal long- term results (usually once every 6-12 months).

What To Expect From Dry Eye Exams

Each dry eye exam will begin with a quick 5-minute questionnaire regarding the severity and frequency of your dry eye symptoms. Then one of our technicians will conduct a series of comprehensive scans to document and measure your dry eyes from a variety of metrics:

• Tear Meniscus Heights: to measure the amount of baseline tear production
• Non-Invasive Tear Breakup Times: to measure how quickly tears are evaporating off the cornea
• Meibography: to measure the health and length of the oil-producing meibomian glands along the inner eyelids
• Fluorescein Videography: to better view the tear dynamics and damage done on the cornea.
• MMP-9 Levels: to measure the amount of this inflammatory biomarker in tear samples that exacerbates dry eyes when overly produced.

Afterwards, our head optometrist and ophthalmologist will review the information to visually and quantitatively track the progression of your dry eyes as well as create an individualized treatment plan. We will then schedule you to come back for a follow-up appointment.