About Us
MVP Health Care, Inc., is a family of companies offering a range of health benefit plans and options combined with leading-edge wellness programs that help reduce health risks and control health care costs. MVP distinguishes itself by combining the wide range of health benefit plan options offered by large insurers with the attentive service and flexibility normally associated with a smaller company.
Through MVP Health Plan, Inc., the MVP Health Insurance Company, MVP Select Care, Rochester Area HMO (dba Preferred Care), and Preferred Assurance Company, MVP Health Care, Inc. serves more than 700,000 members across Upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
Ranked as one of America’s Best Health Plans by U.S. News and World Report magazine, MVP is consistently in the top quartile of NY Insurance Department service rankings. MVP understands the importance of great customer service and strives to provide our customers with the personal care they deserve, every day.
The NYSSO is a professional association formed in 1936 to provide New York State Licensed Ophthalmic Dispensers a means of effective communication and education. Approximately 1,200 New York State Licensed Ophthalmic Dispensers benefit from membership in NYSSO.
NYSSO's guiding principles are: to advance and improve the services of the New York State Licensed Ophthalmic Dispenser to the public; establish and elevate the standards and ethics of the profession; encourage, cooperate and promote the enhancement and enlargement of the scope of practice for all opticians; and provide quality continuing education.
Membership benefits include: a quarterly newsletter, continuing education credits through our annual conference, regional meetings and symposiums, newsletter, lobbying activities, internet access and networking opportunities.
Proud to be the exclusive administrator of this plan, USI Affinity* has had a notable track record of success in developing and administering a wide array of comprehensive insurance solutions over the last 50 years. Our reputation and market position provide the necessary leverage to ensure unique advantages in quality coverage, competitive rates, and service second-to-none.
USI Affinity is proud of our long-standing relationships with many of our clients. And our Professional & Trade division is the endorsed insurance administrator for a multitude of professional associations, including several New York associations that represent more than 120,000 total members.
The USI corporate headquarters is located in Briarcliff Manor, NY. We also have locations in New York, NY and several other cities.
*USI Affinity is the brand and marketing name for the licensed entity USI Insurance Services, LLC