Doesn't matter who pays the bills etc. Bottom line is that the optician, not the doc, turned a recommendation into a thousand dollar sale. She shouldn't stealing credit for something she didn't herself do. And, by the way, does she know anything about making seg hts a mm higher for hyperopes, a mm lower for tall people, preadjusting the frame before taking the seg ht, taking decentration into consideration before choosing a frame where the lens might not cut out.....bet not.