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Businesses that offer eye care benefits fromRancho Cordova-basedc VSP get these savings in the first year through lower health disability and employee termination costs due to early detection of hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a repory released Tuesday by VSP and in WY. “Vision benefits are often seen asa non-cored health care service, but the HCMS data show vision care benefitse help lower corporate long-term health care liabilities with early detectiom of chronic diseases for employees,” VSP chief executived officer Rob Lynch said in a presse release. More than a quarter of the 3.
6 million VSP visionh care members living with diabetes and hypertensionh who had an eye exam last year received early treatment for theirchronic disease, the study of healthb care costs for five major U.S. corporations with VSP coveragw found. When the findings of the studgy are applied to the past threer years for each of the five VSPcorporate clients, nearlhy 2,000 employees received early treatment for high cholesterol and hypertension as a result of annua l eye exams. The five companies each saved atleasgt $204,000 — and as much as $968,000 — durinv that time.