Is LensCrafters going to be on ECPAs panel?
A. LensCrafters has been an ECPA panel member for several years and is envisioned to be the principal nationwide chain store on the combined panel. More and more payers favor a managed vision care plan featuring an integrated panel of optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians in private practice and a nationwide chain store retailer. As the nation’s foremost chain store retailer, LensCrafters helps differentiate EyeMed from other managed vision care companies leading to more contracts and more patients for all panel members. We will, of course, honor other chain stores’ panel membership contracts that are in effect at the time we complete the acquisition.
