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- Almost half of the work comprehensive ophthos do in clinic could be handled fine by an optometrist + optometrists gaining surgical rights in some states
- Low flexibility since most hospitals do not hire ophthos and would rather contract with PP groups (he said this was because they don't generate ancillary income from consults, labs, imaging...etc) + PP groups offering low salaries due to no competition with hospitals
- Start up costs are prohibitively high (100,000+ for equipment) and maintenance of equipment like opthalmoscopes, lenses...etc is very costly
- Dying surgical volumes (he claimed a cataract surgeon today can service more patients than 10 surgeons could back in the day making the market more of a monopoly where few surgeons do the crushing majority of cases )
- No longer lucrative due to reimbursement cuts, he said he could make more money in-office than doing surgeries and that staying in office is not what he became a surgeon for (he said the only way to make doing procedures worth it was owning an ASC)
I got these from my research on reddit/sdn/other forums, what do you guys think of these points are they true?
- Low flexibility since most hospitals do not hire ophthos and would rather contract with PP groups (he said this was because they don't generate ancillary income from consults, labs, imaging...etc) + PP groups offering low salaries due to no competition with hospitals
- Start up costs are prohibitively high (100,000+ for equipment) and maintenance of equipment like opthalmoscopes, lenses...etc is very costly
- Dying surgical volumes (he claimed a cataract surgeon today can service more patients than 10 surgeons could back in the day making the market more of a monopoly where few surgeons do the crushing majority of cases )
- No longer lucrative due to reimbursement cuts, he said he could make more money in-office than doing surgeries and that staying in office is not what he became a surgeon for (he said the only way to make doing procedures worth it was owning an ASC)
I got these from my research on reddit/sdn/other forums, what do you guys think of these points are they true?