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O P H T H A L M O L O G Y
PATIENT FOCUS William L. Soscia, MD,
prepares a patient for laser cataract
surgery at the Center for Sight, in Sarasota, Fla.
Many patients want improved
refractive outcomes and are willing
to pay for it. Will it work for your facility?
The Economics of
Laser Cataract Surgery
I
t's pretty simple, really. Given the choice, no one wants less-thanperfect eyesight. That obvious truth is at the heart of a burgeoning and relatively new enterprise: cataract surgery that doesn't
just blow away the clouds, it blows away the years. When all goes
well, eyes get restored to their original factory settings, glasses
get put away in junk drawers and contact lens solution is left to quietly expire under the sink.
Laser cataract surgery is a godsend for patients and for eye surgeons, who for years have endured shrinking reimbursements for
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O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | J A N U A R Y 2014
Jim Bixby
Jim Burger
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