Starting November 2015 Virginia Eye Institute will expand its Annual Cataract Mission program. Virginia Eye Institute’s Cataract Mission program is an outreach program designed to help Central Virginians in need of free cataract surgery. Eligibility criteria for the application-based program includes a lack of insurance (including Medicare or Medicaid) lack of financial means (0-200% FPL) to pay for the surgery, and residency in the service area for at least six months. Qualified candidates may schedule an evaluation through the CrossOver Clinic West at 8600 Quioccasin Road Suite 105 Richmond, VA 23229 (804-521-8263) to receive cataract surgery and other eye care services from Virginia Eye Institute.
To date, Virginia Eye Institute’s Cataract Mission program has donated over 800 eye exams and 240 surgeries in the program’s 22 year history. Patients also get post-op follow-up at no charge. More than $5,000 worth of services are provided at no charge to each patient undergoing cataract surgery. Through our Access Now partnership, Virginia Eye Institute has been able to serve our community throughout 2015 with 30 surgeries and numerous office visits. From the front desk staff to each physician, all of VEI’s employees work with these patients throughout the year with the same goal of saving vision and providing world-class eye care to those in need throughout the Richmond community.
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