Member Benefit Partners

Members enjoy exclusive discounts and special offers available through NCOS and AOA endorsed partners.

Insurance

Optometry-Specific Disability Insurance

Ketchum & Company specializes in the narrowly defined field of occupation/specialty-specific disability insurance. As a member, you receive a discounted rate on your optometric-specific personal and practice disability insurance. 

Kim Ketchum, the company's owner, has been in practice for nearly 40 years. In addition to the NCOS, Ketchum & Company provides member services to other professional societies across North Carolina including the N.C. Medical Society, the Greater Greensboro Society of Medicine, the High Point Medical Society, and the Triad Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. 

Learn more or contact Kim Ketchum at (336) 279-8877 or [email protected]. 


Malpractice, Business Owners, and Cyber Liability Insurance

You can practice with the peace of mind that both you and your practice are protected with insurance policies administered by Lockton Affinity. Learn more.


Health & Medical, Life, and Accident & Emergency Insurance

Help protect your income and your family's financial security with group insurance plans administered by A.G.I.A., Inc. Learn more. 

Group Purchasing and Practice Resources 

PECAA, delivering more with HEA, is a breakthrough partnership for independent eye care professionals. With renowned peer networking and idea exchange, unmatched practice management services and solutions, the purchasing power of its 12,000+ members and more than 250 vendor programs, they bring together the absolute best of what the independent eye care community needs to connect, build and prosper in one simple membership. For the first time ever, the advantages and scale of an eye care buying group have been combined with the community and insight of a doctor alliance to deliver exponential power to independents nationwide. No other group can offer you this type of all-in-one membership value and experience.

As you take advantage of all the programs and services PECAA has to offer, you directly support the NCOS. A portion of all the business billed through PECAA goes directly to the NCOS, and as your practice and business with PECAA grows, even more goes to advance the advocacy and programs the NCOS delivers to support optometry statewide.

Learn more or contact Jacqueline Dotson Thomas, North Carolina-based PECCA Solutions Specialist, at (800) 959-2020 ext. 2602.

Bring exclusive discounts and savings to your practice on everything from medical and office supplies to wireless phone services with Intalere. Learn more.

Merchant Services

Wells Fargo Merchant Services is committed to making payment processing easier and more efficient, and to meeting the unique needs of business owners like you. Enjoy these special benefits as a member of the North Carolina Optometric Society:

  • Preferred member pricing typically available only to larger merchants
    • All NCOS members qualify for the association pricing at direct wholesale at .55% regardless of volume. This applies to both new and current Wells Fargo Merchant Services customers. There are no set up fees, no monthly fees, no annual fees, no membership fees, and no transaction fees.
  • Customized reporting
  • The confidence of knowing you're working with a preferred provider for the North Carolina Optometric Society

Expert Guidance and Support

Wells Fargo specialists work with you to understand your needs and get you up and running to take payments quickly. Plus, you'll enjoy dedicated ongoing support:

  • Customer service available 24/7, 7 days a week
  • Easy online tools and reporting
  • Guidance to help you protect customer data and stay in compliance with security standards
Simple, Streamlined Payment Processing


They can help you:

  • Conveniently accept the forms of payments your customers prefer, wherever you do business - online, on-site, or remotely
  • Get fast funding - as fast as the next business day when linked to a Wells Fargo account

To learn more, contact Wells Fargo representative Stacey Black at (910) 523-4701 or [email protected].

Personal Financing 

Save on your student loans by refinancing with Laurel Road. Learn more. Or enjoy the benefits of a student loan cashback credit card and plan for the future with a highly competitive high yield savings account. Learn more.

Retirement Savings Planning 

Create a clear vision of your retirement savings options with Equitable Financial. Learn more.

Practice Financing 

Feel confident investing in your practice with financing solutions from Bank of America. Learn more. 

Practice Transitions

When it comes time for a change in your practice, make a smooth transition with Williams Group. Learn more.

 

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