Medical Eyeglass Center

Name

Medical Eyeglass Center

Legal name

Medical Eyeglass Center, Inc.

Website

https://medicaleyeglass.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Dispensary Management Services

NAICS

Optical Goods Retailers (45613), Optical Goods Retailers (456130)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Retail (Glasses/Frames/Lenses) (HLAKAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contact Lens Specialty & Myopia Control (HLAKAKAK)

Keywords

• Optical dispensary management
• Revenue cycle management
• Patient flow integration
• Optical staff training
• Optical inventory strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Westfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Full-Service Optical Dispensary Management: Comprehensive management of optical dispensaries within eye care practices, including staffing, operations, training, inventory management, revenue cycle, and patient flow. MEC deploys full-time optical professionals into partner practices.
2. Optical Benchmark Analysis: Free initial analysis to assess current dispensary performance and define improvement opportunities, serving as entry point to managed services engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Medical Eyeglass Center (MEC) provides full-service optical dispensary management for eye care practices, deploying full-time optical professionals into partner practices. Services span staffing, training, revenue cycle management, patient flow optimization, inventory strategy, and performance analytics. The company partners with ophthalmology and optometry practices, multi-location practice groups, and private equity-owned eye care platforms across the United States.

Product overview

Medical Eyeglass Center offers a unified platform of optical dispensary management services for eyecare practices. The core offerings include Full-Service Optical Dispensary Management (providing staffing, training, operational workflows, and compliance), Revenue Cycle Management (covering the complete insurance claims lifecycle from registration through collections), Patient Flow Integration (optimizing patient journey and care coordination), and Trained Optical Staff & Support (comprehensive training programs). Supporting modules include Inventory Strategy & Vendor Management, Contact Lens Management, Performance Reporting & Analytics, and Ongoing Training & Operational Support. The company also provides a free Optical Benchmark Analysis service to assess partnership opportunities. All services are delivered as managed solutions where MEC provides full-time optical professionals integrated into the practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Full-Service Optical Dispensary Management

Quantifiable outcome

• 54.6% revenue increase in 6 months for single-location practice
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered platinum.

• ZEISSplatinumTechnology or IntegrationZEISS is the pioneer of science in optics with over 179 years of heritage, challenging the limits of imagination. They are trusted worldwide for delivering premium eyeglass lenses and advanced vision solutions tailored to individual needs. ZEISS provides cutting-edge technology such as sunglass-level UV protection in all clear lenses.
• Marchon EyewearplatinumChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMarchon's mission is to help people around the world see. Their vision is to become the most admired global eyewear company delivering forward-thinking innovation and high quality eyewear. Distributor of brands including Anne Klein, bebe, Calvin Klein, Cole Haan, Columbia, DKNY, Draper James, Flexon, Joseph Abboud, Lenton & Rusby, Longchamp, Nike, Nine West and Pure Eyewear.
• SafiloplatinumChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSafilo has been a global leader in the eyewear industry for over 90 years, designing, producing, and distributing sunglasses, prescription frames, outdoor eyewear, goggles, and helmets. Guided by the mission 'See the world at its best', Safilo integrates Italian design with cutting-edge digital platforms.
• Zyloware EyewearplatinumChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFounded in 1923 by Joseph Shyer as a manufacturing facility in Long Island City, NY, Zyloware is proud to have styled generations of families for nearly 102 years. Dedicated to providing classic, fashionable and quality eyewear, Zyloware believes everyone should have access to quality eyewear and partners with optical charities to bring vision care to those in need.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eye Care Leaders (ECL): Eye Care Leaders provides practice management, EHR, and revenue cycle solutions to ophthalmology and optometry practices. It is a direct peer to MEC in serving the operational and revenue management needs of U.S. eye care practices, though weighted more toward software than managed staffing.
• OfficeMate (by ABB Optical Group): OfficeMate is a practice management and EHR platform widely used in optometry offices, now part of ABB Optical Group, which also distributes optical products. Comparable to MEC as a vendor embedded in the operational workflow of optical retailing within eye care practices.
• FoxFire Systems Group: FoxFire Systems Group builds practice management software and RCM tools specifically for optometry practices. It overlaps with MEC on the technology, RCM, and practice optimization side of optical dispensary operations.
• RevolutionEHR: RevolutionEHR is a cloud-based practice management and EHR platform purpose-built for optometry, including optical inventory and dispensary workflows. It competes for the same optometry-practice wallet share that MEC addresses through its managed-services model.
• PECAA (Professional Eye Care Associates of America): PECAA is a member-driven optometric alliance that provides practice consulting, vendor programs, and operational support to independent optometry practices. It is highly comparable to MEC's mission of improving dispensary performance and practice profitability for independent eye care providers.

Emerging players

• VisionWeb: VisionWeb provides an online optical ordering and practice connectivity platform used by eyecare providers and optical retailers. It is an emerging technology peer targeting optical dispensary workflows that overlap with MEC's ordering, inventory, and vendor management modules.
• Health Prime International: Health Prime International is a healthcare RCM and practice management services firm serving physician practices including specialty groups. It is an emerging player offering outsourced revenue cycle and operational services comparable to the RCM and operational management components of MEC's offering.

Broad incumbents

• ABB Optical Group: ABB Optical Group is a leading U.S. optical product distributor serving thousands of eye care practices, with growing practice services and software assets. As a broad incumbent, it overlaps with MEC on inventory, vendor management, and increasingly practice operations across the same customer base.
• CareCloud (now Constellation Software/MTBC lineage): CareCloud provides practice management, EHR, and revenue cycle management software to physician practices including specialty groups. As a broad incumbent in healthcare RCM/practice operations, it competes for the same managed-services and RCM budgets that MEC addresses within eye care.

Regional players

• Sightpath Medical: Sightpath Medical delivers outsourced ophthalmic surgical services and equipment to eye care providers in the U.S. It is a regional/specialty peer in the broader outsourced-services-for-ophthalmology category that MEC operates in, though focused on surgical rather than optical dispensary workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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