EyeOR

Medicare and Cataract Surgery

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Jack Weiss, MD discusses the changes he has witnessed in the Medicare cataract procedures in his practice and how the market demographic has blurred in a combination of cataract refractive procedures. The Premium Lens channel conversion has grown dramatically. The EyeOR suite is currently not used for these Medicare patients electing the premium implants. However; these patients also benefit from the office-based procedures with enhancements and lens-based secondary procedures as well as the laser based enhancements. The hope is that sometime in the future, the Medicare patient will have the alternative in the premium channel to choose the EyeOR suite over the ASC and Hospital alternatives.