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If you are a Health Savings Advantage high-deductible health plan member, Connection Vision powered by EyeMed offers you and your covered family members professional vision care from qualified EyeMed providers. (If you are a GEHA High or Standard Option health plan member or a GEHA dental plan member, click here for information on your vision benefits.) To locate a participating EyeMed provider in your area, go to www.eyemedvisioncare.com and select the Insight network from the list in the "Locate a Provider" box.

EyeMed includes thousands of network providers including LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical, JCPenney Optical and private practitioners.

The following supplemental vision services are not subject to the HDHP plan deductible. Remimbursement of material benefit is limited to a choice of one pair of frames, spectable lenses or contact lenses. Spectacle lenses are in lieu of contact lenses. Any unused portion of the funded benefit cannot be applied to offset the cost of additional services.

Vision benefit Examination Spectacle lenses Frames Contact lenses
Reimbursement frequency 12 months 12 months 24 months 12 months

Eye exam benefits EyeMed network provider Out-of-network provider
 Eye exam, including dilation as
    necessary
 Covered in full after a $5 exam copay  Reimbursed up to $45
 Exam options:
          Standard contact lens fit and
             follow-up
          Premium contact lens it and
             follow-up

 You pay no more than $55

 You pay no more than 90% of retail
    price

 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 Frames: Any available frame at provider
    location
 Covered in full if retail price of the
 frame selected is $100 or less. For
 frames costing more than $100, you
 pay 80% of retail price over $100.
 Reimbursed up to $45
 Spectacle lenses (pair):
          Standard plastic single vision
          Standard plastic bifocal
          Standard plastic trifocal
          Standard plastic lenticular
          Standard progressive lens
          Premium progressive lens

 $10 materials copay
 $10 materials copay
 $10 materials copay
 $10 materials copay
 You pay no more than $75
 You pay no more than $75 for the
    first $120, then 80% of the retail
    price over $120.

 Reimbursed up to $25
 Reimbursed up to $40
 Reimbursed up to $50
 Reimbursed up to $80
 Reimbursed up to $40
 Reimbursed up to $40
 Eyeglass lens options:
          UV treatment
          Tint (solid and gradient)
          Standard plastic scratch coating
          Standard polycarbonate
          Standard anti-reflective coating
          Polarized
          Photocromatic / transitions plastic
          Premium anti-reflective
          Other add-ons

 You pay $15
 You pay $15
 You pay $15
 You pay $40
 You pay $45
 You pay 80% of the retail price
 You pay $75
 Price based on manufacturer
 You pay 80% of the retail price

 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 You pay full retail price
 Contact lenses:
          Conventional


          Disposable


          Medically necessary
 (In lieu of spectacle lenses)
 You pay the $10 material copay for
    lenses costing $110 or less plus
    85% on the retail price over $110
 You pay the $10 material copay for
    lenses costing $110 or less plus
    the retail price over $110
 $10 copay, paid in full, requires
    pre-approval by EyeMed

  Reimbursed up to $110


 Reimbursed up to $110


 Reimbursed up to $250
 Laser vision correction: Lasik or PRK
    from U.S. Laser Network
 15% off retail price or 5% off
    promotional price
 You pay full retail price
 Additional pairs of glasses or contacts  40% off the retail price for complete
    pair eyeglass and 15% off the
    retail price for conventional contact
    lenses after the funded benefit has
    been used
 You pay full retail price

Standard/premium progressive lenses not covered – fund as a bifocal lens. Members receive a 20% discount on items not covered by the plan at network providers that cannot be combined with any other discounts or promotional offers. Discount does not apply to network providers' professional services or contact lenses. Limitations and exclusions apply. There are certain brand-name vision materials in which the manufacturer imposes a no-discount practice. Benefit allowances provide no remaining balance for future use within the same benefit frequency. Underwritten by Combined Insurance Company of America, 5050 Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640, except in New York.

You can contact EyeMed Member Services at (877) 808-8538 to:

  • Locate a participating provider;
  • Request duplicate ID cards;
  • Request claim forms;
  • Check on claim status;
  • Speak to a EyeMed Customer Service representative.

You can also use EyeMed Member Services online by logging into your GEHA Member Web Services account and selecting the link for EyeMed.

GEHA members will receive a separate vision ID card from EyeMed to use for these services.

EyeMed will process all in-network claims systematically. Members will only be responsible for copays and amounts over allowances at time of service.

You will need to pay for out-of-network services in full at the time of service, and submit an out-of-network claim form (PDF) along with a copy of the itemized bill for reimbursement to the following address:

EyeMed Vision Care
Attn: OON Claims
P.O. Box 8504
Mason, OH 45040-7111