UnitedHealthcare & GlassesUSA.com’s New Network Relationship Gives People Online Access to Affordable, Designer Prescriptio...
May 14 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
UnitedHealthcare vision plan participants
can now purchase custom eyewear through GlassesUSA.com —
from the comfort of their home — often for little or no
out-of-pocket costs
People enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored and
individual vision plans now have network access to GlassesUSA.com,
giving more than 19 million Americans online access to order
prescription glasses and sunglasses for little or no out-of-pocket
costs.
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The relationship marks the first time UnitedHealthcare has
established a network agreement with an online-only eyewear
retailer. Eligible UnitedHealthcare vision plan participants can
purchase — often for a co-pay of $25 or less — more than 7,000
styles of glasses, including designer labels such as Gucci®,
Oakley®, Ray-Ban® and Versace®.
The online market for eyewear continues to grow, with Americans
annually spending more than $2.6 billion across lenses, frames,
contact lenses, sunglasses and readers, according to The Vision
Council.
“People are increasingly looking to access health care resources
remotely, so this new network relationship offers UnitedHealthcare
plan participants improved convenience and affordability while
shopping for eyewear online,” said John Ryan, general manager,
UnitedHealthcare Vision. “Through an interactive experience offered
by GlassesUSA.com, our members can shop for — and virtually try on
— thousands of pairs of house brands and designer eyewear from the
comfort of their homes.”
GlassesUSA.com offers one of the largest online collections of
eyewear, producing and shipping thousands of glasses to people each
day with the assurance of free shipping and returns. With an online
shopping experience that includes a “virtual mirror” (try-on)
feature and Prescription Scanner App that enables users to extract
their prescription from their current glasses, GlassesUSA.com
offers 24/7 customer service, transparent pricing and benefit plan
integration.
The new network relationship gives UnitedHealthcare vision plan
participants access — at no additional cost — to leading lens
solutions, including anti-reflective coating (anti-glare), scratch
resistant coating and ultraviolet (UV) coating. Plus, eligible plan
participants can personalize their eyewear with a wide range of
coatings and lenses, including blue light blocking, mirrored,
polarized, transitions, polycarbonate, digital progressive and thin
high-index lenses.
“We are proud to work with UnitedHealthcare and help support the
eye health of millions of vision plan participants nationwide. This
collaboration is an important milestone in furthering our mission
to improve the way people purchase eyewear,” said Daniel Rothman,
CEO and co-founder, GlassesUSA.com.
UnitedHealthcare’s vision network includes more than 30,000
health care professionals at more than 106,000 access points,
including 48 of the top 50 top retailers.1 UnitedHealthcare vision
plan participants can find more information about their benefits at
GlassesUSA.com/UHC.
About GlassesUSA.com
GlassesUSA.com is the fastest growing, leading online eyewear
retailer. Offering a variety of high-quality designer and house
brands in a wide-range of styles — single vision glasses,
multifocals, sunglasses, sports glasses, kids glasses, contact
lenses, digital protection and more —GlassesUSA.com was built on
the belief that purchasing eyewear shouldn’t break the bank and is
on a mission to change the way consumers purchase eyewear. As a
disruptor in the eyewear category, GlassesUSA.com continues to
innovate the industry with tools that further the brand’s mission
such as their proprietary Prescription Scanner App, which extracts
current prescription from any pair of glasses, and their AR Virtual
Mirror, which enables consumers to see how the frames will look on
them from the comfort of their home. The online retailer has been
recognized by Internet Retailer and Inc. 5000 as a category leader.
For more information, please visit www.GlassesUSA.com,
www.facebook.com/GlassesUSA, and www.instagram.com/glassesusa.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.3 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,500
hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The company also
provides health benefits and delivers care to people through owned
and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC
on Twitter.
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owners.
1 UnitedHealthcare internal analysis based on Vision Monday
report of top retailers, 2020,
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Will Shanley UnitedHealthcare (714) 204-8005
will.shanley@uhc.com Nicole Nanikashvili GlassesUSA.com (646)
918-5300 nicole.n@glassesusa.com
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