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​​​​​Medi-Cal Fee-for-Service Vision Services

The Vision Services Branch (VSB) administers the Medi-Cal fee-for-service vision care program, serving Medi-Cal members in the State of California. The program offers covered optometric services benefits including comprehensive eye examinations, low vision evaluations, and artificial eye services to eligible Medi-Cal members of all ages. In addition, VSB oversees the optical laboratories that furnish and fabricate over prescription lenses at no cost to Medi-Cal members who qualify.

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  • Eyeglasses containing electronic components, for example e-frames, are excluded as Medi-Cal benefits due to the fact ​that they are prescribed for reasons other than the correction of refractive errors or binocularity anomalies. ​​Providers believing that eyeglasses containing electronic components are medically necessary may submit a Prior Authorization for review.
    Eyeglasses used primarily for protective, cosmetic, occupational, or avocational purposes are also excluded.
  • ​Vision Care Provider Manual
  • Prison Industry Authority Optical Website​

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