Visibly, formerly known as Opternative, is a telehealth Chicago-based company which provides on-line vision tests and generates eyeglasses and contact lens prescriptions.
Visibly provides on-line vision tests and generates eyeglasses and contact lens prescriptions for site visitors, delivering these results via email within one day of the completion of the exam.
The results of the exam are reviewed by an optometrist, are considered valid prescriptions, and may be used for ordering glasses or contacts over the Internet or in person at an eyeglass retailer.
[5] Visibly filed suit against the state in April 2019, claiming that the incorporation of ophthalmic devices in the telehealth ban— which also included abortion drugs and opioids — was the result of pressure from optometrists and the eyeglasses' industry rather than concern for public health, and was being used unfairly, listing the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill and the state Director of the Consumer Protection Division, Betsy Dinardi, as defendants.
[6] In April 2020, in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, the FDA issued guidance[7] to expand the capability of remote ophthalmic assessment, and to facilitate patient care during the pandemic.