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Archive > March, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 3

Does It Pay to Outsource Your Cataracts?

A van pulls up. Everything you need to perform cataract surgery gets out - the equipment, the supplies, even a surgical tech. What's not to like?

Desiree Ifft, Contributing Editor

Four years ago, when Allied Physicians Surgery Center in South Bend, Ind., decided it was time to add cataract surgery, the required capital outlay was cause for concern. So instead of risking the large investment up front, the physician-shareholders opted to contract with an outsourcing company. The result was the instant, and instantly profitable, ability to draw cataract cases from a fairly competitive market.

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