Partnering to Make an Impact

Since 1955, network doctors have taken care of VSP® members, changing lives through the power of sight. That’s why we’re proud to support the long-term success of providers and the optometry profession. Here’s a look at the impact we’re making together. Thank you for all you do!

Partnering to Make an Impact

Since 1955, network doctors have taken care of VSP® members, changing lives through the power of sight. That’s why we’re proud to support the long-term success of providers and the optometry profession. Here’s a look at the impact we’re making together. Thank you for all you do!

Spotlight on… Future Leaders Academy

VSP is investing in the future of optometry through the VSP Future Leaders Academy. Recent optometry school graduates and early career doctors of optometry can get a competitive advantage through leadership training and networking via this nine-month program.

Click the image (left) to watch the cohort kick-off event from March 2025, and read the recent news release here.

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VSP has committed $10 million in student debt relief, including $4 million in 2025.

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Investing in our Partnership and Industry

Together, we’re making an impact on the industry, the community, and the future of optometry – while helping private practices get the most out of their relationship with VSP Vision™.

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VSP 101 Workshops

VSP is holding 24 in-person workshops throughout the U.S. this year to help make it easier for practices to coordinate VSP benefits, leading to opportunities for increased revenue, patient retention, and patient satisfaction.

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Eyes of Hope Mobile Clinics

Together with VSP network doctors and local schools and non-profits, VSP Vision Eyes of Hope® mobile clinics travel across the U.S. to provide no-cost eye exams and prescription glasses to people in need and communities affected by disaster.

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Scholarship Support for Optometry Students

To help the next generation of optometrists build their careers, VSP has partnered with schools of optometry, offering scholarships and professional development programs.

To date, VSP has awarded $4 million to nearly 1,200 optometry students and will award 70 more scholarships in 2025.

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OD Student Loan Repayment

See how the VSP Vision Student Loan Repayment Program is providing debt relief to select ODs, while helping underserved communities get the care they need.
 
 
VSP has committed $10 million in debt relief, including $4 million in 2025.

Impact Makers

Emulating Optometric Legend “Uncle Frank”
Ohio State School of Optometry student Mora Boatman, recipient of the 2025 Dr. Frank D. Fontana Memorial Scholarship, talks about her commitment to improving patients’ quality of life and making a lasting impact on them every day. Read her blog here. Watch her video at right.

By the Numbers – Our Impact Together

Impact on Our Communities

VSP Vision Eyes of Hope provides access to no-cost eye care, eyewear, and disaster relief in places where it’s needed most across country.

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Impact on Our Future

VSP is committed to supporting and partnering with the next generation of optometrists.

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Impact on Eye Health

Patients with vision insurance receive eye exams more frequently than those without vision coverage. With the critical connection between vision care and overall health, VSP encourages millions of VSP Vision Care members to visit a VSP network doctor, supporting access to millions of patients and billions of dollars in revenue each year.

Impact on the Industry

In the past two years, VSP has provided more than $300,000 to state optometric associations for disaster relief, children’s vision initiatives, and combatting anti-optometry legislation, such as “not-a-doctor” initiatives in several states.

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Patients with vision insurance reported having an eye exam in the last 12 months.1

14.4m

VSP members who visited a VSP private practice location in 2024
 

21.4m

Number of private practice claims from VSP members in 2024

1.3m

Number of diabetes exam reminders2 sent on behalf of doctors to patients in 2024

20%

Exam rate yielded from diabetes exam reminders2
 

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  1. The Vision Council’s Consumer inSights Q4 2024 research.
  2. VSP reaches out on providers’ behalf to patients with diabetes who haven’t had a vision exam in 14 months.
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