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M
ondays and Tuesdays are laser cataract surgery
days at the Gainesville (Ga.) Eye Center. Except
the surgery center doesn't own a femtosecond
laser. Nor does it employ a tech for bladeless cases
or stock IOLs. An outsourcing company provides
all that: equipment (though the femto laser remains onsite at the
ASC), skilled labor and supplies. "Their technicians come in and help
with the cataract surgeries, which is easier for me, because I don't
have to worry about providing or training techs," says Becky Burnett,
Companies are doing much more than
renting out phacos and techs to run them.
The Evolving Business of
Cataract Outsourcing
Jim Burger
Associate Editor
• OVERSIGHT Sightpath engineer Dave Coon
(rear) assists Andy Dvorak, MD, in a laser cataract
case at Dillman Eye Care Associates in Danville, Ill.
James
Forni,
Octane
Rich
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