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You may be eligible for cataract
surgery with no cost to you, nothing to join, no
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Mission
The Cataract Free America® mission is to
help Americans be free of vision limitations caused by
cataracts, even if the $600 to $3,000 out-of-pocket expense is keeping them
from seeking required cataract surgery. There is nothing to join, no
membership fees, and no obligation.
To achieve that goal, doctors, surgery
centers, and hospitals have agreed to waive some or all fees
for cataract related services for patients referred through
Cataract Free America®.
If the out-of-pocket expense is keeping
you or someone you know from seeking required cataract surgery, then you undoubtedly
will qualify for one or more of the following
benefits. Benefits are determined by the patient's
financial
circumstances and existing insurance coverage. See also
Cataract Free America® Eligibility
Referred patients
are not required to receive medical services.
Something for Everyone
If you have no insurance, if you have
Medicare only, if you have Medicare plus a supplemental
insurance, or if you need no waiver of fees at all, Cataract
Free America® has arranged a benefit for you.
In some communities benefits may be
limited, however the patient will be notified of any
potential out-of-pocket expense prior to receiving services.
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Select doctors, surgeons, surgery
centers, and/or hospitals will waive Medicare's normally 20%
co-payment and accept what Medicare pays as
payment in full for required cataract examination, testing,
surgery, and follow-up care. After the normal annual
deductible, the patient
will have no out-of-pocket expense for included services.
- Services
- Comprehensive medical eye examination
including cataract evaluation and refraction for eyeglass prescription.
- Ultrasonic scan to determine appropriate
power of replacement intraocular lens.
- Outpatient cataract surgery for conventional
intraocular lens implant with normal follow-up care after surgery.
- Laser posterior capsulotomy for
secondary cataract, if required within one year of cataract
surgery.
- Additional Services Limited By Region
- Hospital or ambulatory surgery center
facility fee.
- Conventional intraocular lens.
- Anesthesiology
After the normal annual deductibles, select doctors, surgeons, surgery
centers, and/or hospitals will waive Medicare's normally 20%
co-payment and accept what Medicare pays as payment in full for required cataract examination, testing,
surgery, and follow-up care. This constitutes a waiver of
Medicare's normal co-payments not covered by supplemental
insurance. The patient
will have no out-of-pocket expense for included services.
- Services
- Comprehensive medical eye examination
including cataract evaluation and refraction for eyeglass prescription.
- Ultrasonic scan to determine appropriate
power of replacement intraocular lens.
- Outpatient cataract surgery for conventional
intraocular lens implant with normal follow-up care after surgery.
- Laser posterior capsulotomy for
secondary cataract, if required within one year of cataract
surgery.
- Additional Services Limited By Region
- Hospital or ambulatory surgery center
facility fee.
- Conventional intraocular lens.
- Anesthesiology
Select doctors, surgeons, surgery
centers, and/or hospitals will not charge for required cataract examination, testing,
surgery, and follow-up care. This constitutes a waiver of
normal medical service fees. The patient
will have no out-of-pocket expense for included services.
- Services
- Comprehensive medical eye examination
including cataract evaluation and refraction for eyeglass prescription.
- Ultrasonic scan to determine appropriate
power of replacement intraocular lens.
- Outpatient cataract surgery for conventional
intraocular lens implant with normal follow-up care after surgery.
- Laser posterior capsulotomy for
secondary cataract, if required within one year of cataract
surgery.
- Additional Services Limited By Region
- Hospital or ambulatory surgery center
facility fee.
- Conventional intraocular lens.
- Anesthesiology
- Waiver of fees are available only to individuals eligible
for Cataract Free America® and who have
refrained from receiving needed cataract care due to
fiscal circumstances limiting their ability to pay
normal co-payment amounts.
- Any limitation of service required by the Department of Health
and Human Services, the Department of Justice, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of
Health and Human Services, and any other federal, state
or local regulation.
- Not all services available in all geographic areas.
- Services of healthcare service provider not
participating with Cataract Free America®.
- Services not specifically listed.
- Services not approved under Medicare Part A or
Medicare Part B.
- Inpatient care.
- Annual
deductibles.
- Any exclusion of service required by the Department of Health
and Human Services, the Department of Justice, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of
Health and Human Services, and any other federal, state
or local regulation.
- Cataract Free America® works closely with other
organizations that provide similar benefits. In the
event you are referred to another organization, you may
be subject to different benefits, limitations, and
exclusions.
- Cataract Free America® and the select doctors,
surgeons, surgery centers, and/or hospitals providers
may limit, change, or withdraw benefits at any time
without prior notice, however if a limit, change, or
withdrawal would cause a charge for medical services to a patient, the
patient would be notified of any and all charges in
advance.
- Patient will be responsible for normal annual
deductible amounts.
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