Ophthalmology singled out in 2014 OIG work plan

On Jan. 31, the Office of the Inspector General published its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2014. Each year the OIG publishes the plan, which advises the health care industry about the topics and areas on which the OIG intends to focus its resources. As usual, this year’s plan identified a number of topics of interest to ophthalmologists.For many years the OIG has identified billing for evaluation and management (E&M) services as an area of focus. This year’s work plan is no different; it identifies inappropriate payment for E&M services (Read more...)

Evolving femtosecond laser technology leads to increasingly better outcomes

Ljubljana, SLOVENIA — Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery with the Lensar laser system is a safe and fast procedure, and continuous evolution will lead to further improvement, according to one speaker. “When we started in 2012, we felt like entering a new galaxy, where we could aim at an extremely high level,” Detlef Holland, MD, said at the winter meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. The new second-generation disposable patient interface device, which improves suction and centration shift, has made docking easy and eye fixation stable.