Recommended Alliances | Buying Groups
Whether you are opening up cold or want to grow your current practice, an optometric alliance can help guide you along these obstacles. Aaron and Dat know the power of having a collaborative community, while getting access to discounted pricing. Find the best alliance for your practice with these trusted, vetted partners.
Vision Source
At Vision Source®, it is our mission to help private practice win. When private practice wins, optometry
wins. Vision Source aims to ensure the perpetuation and advancement of private practice.
✅ ROBUST BUYING POWER
As North America’s most extensive network of independent optometrists, Vision Source has access to buying power that exceeds any other optometric alliance. These savings on the most advanced technologies allow you to maximize your profitability while providing your patients with exceptional eye care.
✅ COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY
You will be welcomed into a local family of like-minded optometrists who voluntarily remove the walls of competition and partner to help solve the difficult challenges of practice ownership through Vision Source’s Insight member portal, member meetings, education sessions, and industry events.
✅ PRACTICE STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS
Leverage exclusive tools and resources to execute Vision Source strategies for the most critical areas of your private practice.
- Ophthalmic Frames and Lenses
- Contact Lenses
- OD & Staff Learning and Development
- Managed Vision Care
- Practice Lifecycle Solutions
- Practice Marketing
✅ VISION SOURCE NEXT®
We are committed to perpetuating private practice optometry by supporting practice owners in all stages of a practice’s life cycle:
- First time private practice owner start-ups
- Existing owners adding new locations or expanding an existing location
- Buyers or sellers transitioning practices
With Vision Source® you can become part of a collaborative community of extraordinary eye care practitioners who strive to provide our patients with the best care available. To learn more visit visionsourceplan.com/doctors
Contact:
- Aaron Werner OD | awerner@visionsource.com
- David Edler OD | dedler@visionsource.com
- Joan Coughlin | jcoughlin@visionsource.com
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