1. According to a recent article in Consumer Reports magazine, business is booming because of declining reimbursements for traditional eye operations like cataract removal. 2. Milliman executives have mellowed somewhat, saying that revisions due in May will, for example, permit cataract removal in both eyes. 3. Or it refuses to cover cataract removal in more than one eye unless the patient is fairly young and needs both eyes for work. 4. The centers perform minor operations such as hernia repair, cataract removal and orthopedics surgery. 5. The centers perform minor operations such as hernia repair, cataract removal and orthopedic surgery. 6. The glaucoma, of course, was treatable, and cataract removal is an outpatient procedure. 7. The surgical disparities are mostly in areas where doctors in both countries disagree on appropriate use, such as knee replacements and cataract removal. 8. The routine wait for such non-emergency surgery as joint replacement, transplants and cataract removal is about two years, with few prospects for improvement. 9. Over a million people are queuing for hospital treatment and the routine wait for such non-emergency surgery as joint replacement, transplants and cataract removal is about two years. |