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Archive > March, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 3

Retina Rising

How one facility added — and is profiting from — posterior segment surgery.

Regina Boore, RN, BSN, MS

We began performing vitreoretinal procedures at our 2-OR ophthalmic surgery center in February 2009. It's turned out to be a good business move for us. A little more than a year in, we're doing 20 to 25 of the cases a month and profiting from them. Adding retina at the Newport Bay Surgery Center took some planning, but it wasn't a difficult process. It was largely just a matter of coordinating surgical talent with the equipment and supplies they'd need to do the job.

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