William C Fruchtman, OD

Dr. Fruchtman gives you that personal treatment you expect from a small operation. He makes you feel at ease and comfortable. He knows his stuff, my wife has been going to him for over 20 years, so when I needed an eye doctor, he was the natural choice. Keep up the good work Dr. Fruchtman!

This is a one man operation. If you have VSP insurance, then you should continue reading this review.
I’ve come to the conclusion that all optometrists in the VSP network are also opticians. Dr. Fruchtman does not disseminate from this inference. The office is small. It’s located on the second floor of a three floor professional building. It’s so small that there isn’t a restroom in the office. The restroom is located in the hallway and you need a key in order to gain access.
During my visit I had the intention of pricing out frames. His selection is sparse, probably less than 100 in total. It’s very basic and can be cataloged in less that 10 minutes.
He will try to upsell you on anything and everything. So it’s very important that you do some research. Compare prices online before visiting any optician. Another place you want to check out is Costco. Frames and lenses are so affordable that you may actually save more money paying completely out of pocket there as opposed to going through your network.
Preparation is key…

I just moved to the neighborhood and instead of going back to my old doctor I thought I would try out someone closer to home. Looks like I am going back to my old doctor.
Here were my problems:
1.Contacts not covered by my insurance… come to find out they never have been but my old doctor was so well priced that my stipend allowed by my insurance pretty much covered my year supply. This time around it didn’t even cover a 6 month supply. My insurance covered 140 bucks, so with that I could only 6 months and had to pay another 40 out of pocket. He charges 45 bucks a box… I know how to use the Internet you can get them for 20 bucks a box… he’s just trying to squeeze some more money out of me. Never once tried to offer me another option that was covered by my insurance. He then wanted to check my eyes out a week later to make sure my contacts were ok… in which I told him I have been wearing the same brand for over 5 years… I am good.
2.Dilation of my eyes-​now my insurance covers this 100 percent. Well he tells me he actually goes through my medical insurance for this because he does something «special» there was nothing special about this… he put drops in my eyes and then let me drive home with my eyes EXTREMELY dilated to the point I had contemplated sitting in the parking lot and waiting it out. I want to add most people would know this about dilation but my old doctor offers for 39 bucks (which I gladly paid out of pocket) to just have a picture taken of my eye instead of dilation, so I haven’t dealt with this issue since my teens. Back to this special «dilation» he went through my medical insurance which he charged them 120 dollars, in which I had to pay 52 dollars of.
I just found him to be very sketchy and anytime I would question him, he seemed almost defensive with his answer, not something you want from a doctor. I was looking for convenience and now I just wish I went back to my old doctor.