For Benefits Managers

Promoting Health | Overview of Plan Design | Funding Options

As health benefits become more complex and the demands on your time increase, Community Eye Care is pleased to offer the only vision plan that makes life easier for you, the Human Resources manager.

The Community Eye Care plan is the simplest vision plan ever designed. That means that it can be implemented and administered with a minimum of time and effort on your part.

Vision is one of the most sought-after benefits in today’s workplace, and the CEC voluntary vision plan is the plan of choice in North Carolina. Consider the merits of quality and simplicity. Consider Community Eye Care.

Advantages of the CEC Vision Plan:

Simplicity of Plan Design.

The CEC vision plan is simple and very easy to understand. Members receive a routine eye examination once per year plus an allowance for eyewear. The allowance (which is available at the $100, $150 and $200 levels) acts like a credit. It can be applied to any glasses or contact lenses in the doctor’s dispensary. Gone is the need for HR managers to spend hours explaining myriad plan specifications to confused employees.

No Cost.

As a voluntary, employee-paid benefit, the CEC vision plan enhances an employer’s benefits package without adding to the employer’s cost. Indeed, an employer can actually reduce health care costs by substituting a voluntary CEC plan for an existing employer-paid vision rider.

North Carolina Company.

Because Community Eye Care is based in Charlotte, we are more accessible, flexible, and responsive to the needs of our employer clients than are out-of-state vision companies. When you have a question, we’re here to answer it.

Outstanding Provider Network.

Community Eye Care’s commitment to quality is reflected in its panel of providers. Both optometrists and ophthalmologists participate, and geographic coverage is excellent in both rural and metropolitan areas. Selected retail optical chains also participate.

Improved employee health and performance.

Click on any one of the links to Promoting Health to review the ways in which employees benefit from a CEC vision plan.

 

Non-Prescription Eyewear Policy

Most providers in the Community Eye Care network allow vision plan members to use their eyewear allowance for the purchase of non-prescription eyewear. However, CEC providers are not required to extend coverage to non-prescription items, and a few have opted to restrict coverage to prescription eyewear.

Before using your eyewear allowance to obtain non-prescription eyewear, please check with the provider to make sure that this is permissible.

Optical Discounts

Community Eye Care (CEC) understands that vision plan members may encounter sales promotions (such as “two-for-one sales”) or steep discounts offered by some of our optical providers. As is true of most vision plans, your CEC vision plan is not intended for use in conjunction with these types of offers. Furthermore, CEC providers are not contractually obligated to provide discounts over and above the CEC vision benefit. Providers will allow only one of the following:

• The CEC vision benefit, or
• The sales promotion (the sale price or discount)

Online Purchases

All eyewear purchases must be made IN STORE at a participating Community Eye Care (CEC) provider dispensary or retail optical center. Online purchases of any kind are not allowed under the CEC benefit. There will be no reimbursement of members who make online purchases.