less physical stress on the surgeon. "Lasers may add 5 years to some-
one's career if they want to continue operating," he says.
For physician-owners, says Mr. Cox, it's more profitable to have the
surgery center buy the laser. For non-owners, he says, the fixed and
recurring costs of
acquiring their own
laser don't add up.
"When you have an
ASC do it, the sur-
geon will get a por-
tion [of the reim-
bursement] that's not
that much less," adds
Mr. Cox. "You're dis-
counting your profes-
sional fee a little bit,
but you make up for
it because you don't
have to put up the
money to pay for the
laser and the
upkeep."
There's also the cru-
cial consideration of
reimbursements.
CMS, for example,
doesn't distinguish
whether the surgeon
uses a laser or tradi-
tional instruments for
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