Common use of Vision Care Providers Clause in Contracts

Vision Care Providers. The ICDS Plan must contract with at least the minimum number of ophthalmologists as required by CMS and ODM and optometrists as required by ODM for each specified county/region, all of whom must maintain a full-time practice at a site(s) located in the specified county/region to count toward minimum panel requirements. All ODM-approved optometrists must regularly perform routine eye exams. If optical dispensing is not sufficiently available in a region through the ICDS Plan’s contracting ophthalmologists/optometrists, the ICDS Plan must separately contract with an adequate number of optical dispensers located in the region.

Vision Care Providers. The ICDS Plan must contract with at least the minimum number of ophthalmologists as required by CMS and ODM and optometrists vision providers as required by ODM for each specified county/region, all of whom must maintain a full-time practice at a site(s) located in the specified county/region to count toward minimum panel requirements. All ODM-ODM- approved optometrists vision providers must regularly perform routine eye exams. If optical dispensing is not sufficiently available in a region through the ICDS Plan’s contracting ophthalmologists/optometrists, the ICDS Plan must separately contract with an adequate number of optical dispensers located in the region.