NCW Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 My insurance co wants to send us to an opthalmalogist in town that I've never heard of for VT, rather than to a dev. optometrist. We're trying to decide if we want to give this guy a try, or just bite the bullet and see if they cover even a small portion of the guy "out of network". Do opthalmologists even do VT? TIA, NCW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in MD Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 My insurance co wants to send us to an opthalmalogist in town that I've never heard of for VT, rather than to a dev. optometrist. We're trying to decide if we want to give this guy a try, or just bite the bullet and see if they cover even a small portion of the guy "out of network". Do opthalmologists even do VT? TIA, NCW Unfortunately because of turf wars, the opthamologists are reinventing the wheel. My understanding is that they don't have the range of excercises or experience. I haven't heard about the quality of orthoptics, but would imagine that, as with VT, the individual provider makes a major impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Call that opthalmologist's office and ask. It's rare, but I have heard of an occasional opthalmologist who has bought into vision therapy wholeheartedly. Orthoptics offers only a subset of the exercises that a developmental optometrist offers, so I'd be a little more hesitant if that is all the opthalmologist offers. Still, a phone call wouldn't hurt in terms of getting more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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