How it works here at Perception: We do the annoying paperwork on your behalf. We use a third-party processing called Anagram to process and manage your claim.

The Process:

• In our Optical Boutique you pay out of pocket for your eyewear/lenses.

• We gather your Vision Plan information and submit it on your behalf to Anagram, who coordinates with your plan provider.

• Depending on your plan's dollar allotment, you then receive a reimbursement check to your home in 2-3 weeks.

• Please note: Perception Optical is not able to control or (in most cases) even see what your reimbursement amount is. That is between you and your plan.

In short: We make it possible to apply your plan while you support an independent Optical Boutique.

Dealing with insurance plans is confusing. Vision plans such as EyeMed, VSP, Spectera etc are what many patients believe to be an insurance plan but are actually discount plans. Many of the vision plans own major optical stores such as Lenscrafters or Visionworks who hope patients will visit their stores to apply the vision plan benefits. In short, patients are paying the same company twice through the cost of your membership plan + eyewear purchase. Furthermore, vision plans make patients think they are limited to what their network offers.

As an independent optical boutique we have attempted to become in-network with these discounted membership plans to grow our network but were denied due to "over saturation." These major vision plans harm independents who cannot compete with major corporations who funnel their customers to pay into their system (called vertical integration).

No worries though, we have found a way to work around the issue. Please read below.