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Mobile Vision Clinic Offers Free Eye Exams Across New Hampshire

Date: 10/09/17

NH Healthy Families is hitting the road to bring free vision screenings and prescription eyewear to families across New Hampshire from Oct. 23-27.

Uncorrected refracted errors (nearsigthedness, farsightedness, etc.) are the main cause of moderate to severe visual impairment, according to the World Health Organization1. Eye health is especially problematic for people without health insurance, as they often lack the resources to correct eye issues before they potentially worsen.

NH Healthy Families’ mobile vision clinic is making eye health more accessible, much like it does through its Ambetter and Medicaid products. The mobile vision clinic will stop by 10 cities and towns throughout the week, providing eye exams for adults and children to identify potential vision problems. If the exams identify the need for prescriptive eyewear, then NH Healthy Families will cover the full cost of the glasses. The mobile vision clinic is free and open to all residents. Participants do not have to be members of NH Healthy Families to take advantage of this opportunity.

WHEN: October 23-27, 2017. Times and locations vary – see details below

WHAT: Mobile Vision Clinic from NH Healthy Families

WHERE:          

  • Antrim – Friday, Oct. 27: Antrim Medical Group, 12 Elm St., Antrim, NH 03440, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Concord – Wednesday, Oct. 25: Concord Hospital, 250 Pleasant St., Concord, NH 03301, 8-11:30 a.m.
  • Dover – Tuesday, Oct. 24: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, 789 Central Ave., Dover, NH 03820, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Epping – Thursday, Oct. 26: Epping Regional Health Center, 212 Calef Hwy., Epping, NH 03042, 8-11:30 a.m.
  • Franklin – Monday, Oct. 23: HealthFirst, 841 Central St. Franklin, NH 03235, 8-11:30 a.m.
  • Hampton – Thursday, Oct. 26: Hampton Health, 879 Lafayette Rd., Hampton, NH 03842, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Laconia – Monday, Oct. 23: HealthFirst, 22 Stafford St., Laconia, NH 03246, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Manchester – Wednesday, Oct. 25: Family Place Resource Center and Shelter, 177 Lake Ave., Manchester, NH 03103, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Peterborough – Friday, Oct. 26: Monadnock Community Hospital, 452 Old Street Rd., Peterborough, NH 03458, 8-11:30 a.m.
  • Portsmouth – Tuesday, Oct. 24: Families First, 100 Campus Dr., Portsmouth, NH, 03801, 8-11:30 a.m.


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About NH Healthy Families

NH Healthy Families™ is a managed care organization (MCO) contracted to provide services through the New Hampshire Medicaid Care Management program. NH Healthy Families is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a diversified, multi-national healthcare enterprise. Information is available at NHhealthyfamilies.com.

1 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/