Patient-Focused Health
Doctors of Optometry play a critical role in having a positive impact in the early detection, intervention and prevention of eye disease and vision loss caused by diabetes. Access the resources and materials below for you, your practice, and your patients with diabetes and those at risk for prediabetes.
Earn badges through education and training with Premier Academy360.
Thank you for all you did to support your patients in 2020. Let us share some of those successes with you.
VSP and the ADA Collaborate to Provide No-Cost Continuing Education Dr. Doyle’s Story: An Eye Doctor’s Journey with Diabetes Seeing the Full Picture of Diabetes Baby Boomer Eye Health and Diabetes Prevention Leveraging Essential EyeCare Services During COVID-19 Maximize VSP Benefits for Patients with Diabetes Odette’s Story: A Life-Changing Discovery
This joint public health initiative will focus on the crucial role annual comprehensive eye exams play in the early detection, intervention and prevention of eye disease and vision loss caused by diabetes. View how to help raise awareness and provide education for your patients that may be at risk for a diabetes-related eye disease with these collaborative resources.
To support greater overall health, Premier Academy360™ is proud to offer new Diabetes Education to support practices in enhancing the in-office experience and maximizing VSP benefits for patients with diabetes. By completing specialized education, your practice can now attain and display badges on the VSP® Find a Doctor Directory. Learn more about earning badges through education and training below.
View patient education resources and campaigns that help underscore the serious health conditions that can be detected during an eye exam by a VSP network doctor like you.
Your VSP patients can take advantage of discounts on diabetic supplies including blood sugar (glucose) test strips and monitors, lancet devices, and therapeutic supplies in addition to prescriptions, hearing aid, and battery discounts.
Earn additional revenue for your practice, elevate your role as part of your patients’ healthcare team, and increase patient retention when you indicate patient conditions on your VSP claims.
If your practice is considering or has implemented telemedicine to see patients, especially your at-risk patients including those with diabetes, diabetic eye disease and other medical eye health needs, click below for additional tools and resources to increase patient access.
Learn how these supplemental medical plans available to your patients can help lower patient out-of-pocket costs and include covered-in-full retinal screening images for patients with diabetes who do not have diabetes-related eye disease.