Dr. Elman offers full service optometric care for the whole family, Including:
-->Comprehensive eye examination (detection, diagnosis and treatment of eye health and vision problems)
-->Contact lens examination and fitting of specialty contact lenses (the new silicone hyrogel 30 day continuous wear contact lenses, toric contact lenses for astigmatism, bifocal contact lenses, colored contact lenses including theatrical contact lenses, gas permeable rigid contact lenses) along with the follow-up care necessary for the successful wear of these lenses. More informaition about currently available contact lenses can be found in the Optical Products portion of this website.
-->In-house inventory of disposable contact lenses
-->Comanagement (pre and post surgical evaluation) of refractive surgery (LASIK, PRK, Intacs. lens implants [IOLs]) and cataract surgery candidates
-->Eyewear, from budget frames to designer creations, sunglasses with or without prescription, sports frames, clip-ons, and eyewear accessories. Designer frame lines include Georgio Armani,Anne Kleine, Bebe, Bongo, Christian Dior, Dakota Smith, Gant, Guess, Carrera, Nicole Miller, marc ecco, Ralph Lauren Polo, Prada, Persol, Rayban, Miyagi, Miyagbi, Revlon, Norman Rockwell Collection, Royal Dalton, Tommy Hilfiger, United Colors of Benetton, Versace and others. More information about available eyewear can be found in the Optical Products portion of this website.
-->Filling your existing or new eyeglass prescription with the latest lens options (including designs of PALs [Progressive Addition Lenses--lenses which vary in focus from center to bottom which are examples of "no line bifocals"] made in various optical materials and special occupational lenses)
We accept cash, personal checks, ATM (Debit Cards), American Express®, MasterCard®, Visa®, Discover® and CareCredit®.
Insurance Plans
We participate as panel members with VSP, Medicare, MES/ECN(Medical Eye Service/EyeCareNetwork), OptumVision Health (formerly Spectera), VCP(VisionCare Plan), EyeMed, MarchVisioncrare (providing vision services for Molina Medi-Cal program), and others, but we must verify coverage and get authorization before exam. We pride our ourselves in trying to make sure that our patient's take full advantage of all the insurance benefits for which they are eligible, and at times we have even uncovered insurance the patient didn't even know he or she had. The more information we have the more information we can get. Nearly all vision insurance plans require an authorization from the insurance company prior to rendering services to the patient.
Insurance benefits vary widely. Some are discount plans that pay nothing for services and materials. Some plans, like Medicare, only pay for exam service when there is pathology involved, and pay nothing toward exams to determine eyeglass lens prescriptions or for glasses or contact lenses. Those plans that pay for eye exam services and materials often have copayment deductibles that must be paid by the patient before the insurance company pays anything. When obtaining insurance authorization Dr Elman's office can find out what the benefits are for the member's plan.
To obtain the authorization certain confidential information must be obtained from and about the insurance member/patient including insurance ID number (often the social security number or the last 4 digits of the social security number), member's date of birth, and full name, zip code, as well as the patient's information, if the patient in not the primary member named on the insurance policy. Without getting the required information before examination services are done may require the patient to pay for services at the time the services are performed. The information obtained is used only to get insurance authorization and determine benefits and will not be shared with anyone but the patient's insurance company.
If patient has an insurance plan in which we do not participate as a plan provider(see first paragraph of this section) we expect payment from the patient at the time of services, and will give documentation to the patient who can then collect reimbursement from his/her insurer.
Trial frames and trial lenses to demonstrate efficacy of lens prescription
A local lens fabrication laboratory can provide one day service on prescription eyewear in an emergency,(Certain insurance programs require lenses to be fabricated at their own designated laboratories which may not provide RUSH service).
Toll free 800 number (1-800-MY-EYE-DOC)
Dr. Elman has password protected remote access to computerized appointment scheduling and patient records. It is possible for prescription and appointment data to be communicated between patient and doctor when neither are in the office. This may be important when glasses are broken or contact lenses are lost when patients are out of town (often the time when emergencies occur!).
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, Medicare, MES/ECN(Medical Eye Service/EyeCareNetwork), OptumVision Health (formerly Spectera), VCP(VisionCare Plan), EyeMed, MarchVisioncrare (providing vision services for Molina Medi-Cal program), and others, but we must verify coverage and get authorization before exam. We pride our ourselves in trying to make sure that our patient's take full advantage of all the insurance benefits for which they are eligible, and at times we have even uncovered insurance the patient didn't even know he or she had. The more information we have the more information we can get. Nearly all vision insurance plans require an authorization from the insurance company prior to rendering services to the patient. 
