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VSP is actively conducting outreach to assist those affected by the tornadoes, flooding and severe weather that devastated numerous Southern and Midwestern states. VSP Mobile Eyes is in Tuscaloosa, AL with Eyenstein, our mobile clinic in partnership with Transitions Optical. Working with the local Red Cross chapter, and with the help of University of Alabama Birmingham Optometry students and VSP network providers, our disaster response team is identifying opportunities to provide free eye exams and glasses to victims in need.
We are working closely with all relief agencies, including the American Red Cross, to ensure all who are directly affected by the tornadoes or flooding and have eyecare needs receive that care. We have provided the American Red Cross with more than $1.15M worth of eyecare vouchers to cover eye exams and materials for anyone in the affected areas with broken or lost glasses. We are also working with our providers who may be in need of assistance to continue operations as a result of damage to their practices.
I Need New Glasses
Were your glasses lost or damaged due to one of the recent natural disasters? You have enough to worry about, so let us help you see again.
- VSP Members: Call the Member Services Support Line at 800.877.7195 for reinstatement of your benefits, regardless of eligibility.
- Non-members: Contact your local American Red Cross chapter and request a VSP eyecare voucher.
VSP Providers: How can VSP help?
We are contacting providers in affected areas as fast as possible. We will continue to follow up with those affected by the most recent tornadoes into next week. If you are in an affected area and have not yet been contacted, please let us know how you are doing and if your practice is damaged or closed. You can email vspoutreach@vsp.com or call 800.852.7600 ext. 7373. We are available to assist you to help you continue to provide care for your patients. The VSP mobile eyecare clinics are ready to provide support to doctors in affected areas as needed. Two clinics are already in affected regions, one in Little Rock, AR, and one on its way to Tuscaloosa, AL.
VSP has extended outreach efforts to the following affected areas:
- April 9th: Tornado in Iowa
- April 10th: Tornado in Wisconsin
- April 11th: Tornadoes in North Carolina, Virginia and Kaufman & Johnson Counties in Texas
- April 11th: Flooding in Fargo & Cass Counties in North Dakota and Becker & Clay County in Minnesota
- April 13th: Tornadoes in Mississippi, Oklahoma and Arkansas
- April 27th: Tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia