In 2005 I did an OPS Scientific Session paper on this subject after recruiting
census data here on Optimal. Six major centers provided data on utilization of
FA for a four year period (two years pre & post introduction of Stratus OCT).
Interestingly everyone’s subjective impression was that FA use was dropping
like crazy after the rapid adoption of Stratus. The data didn’t really support
our perception however. Our facility had a drop of 16% (we guessed about 40%)
Combined data from all center showed a decrease of 9% at that time. Two of the
six actually had an increase in that time period, while one center had a drop
of 54%. The widespread adoption of OCT was the only factor we looked at. The
rise and fall of PDT treatments likely had a very big effect on the long-term
utilization numbers as well.
I think the biggest value of this study was showing that photographers could
pool data and resources for scientific papers. It was really cool using Optimal
to solicit combined data this way. We gathered data retrospectively, but there
may be opportunities to do projects like this prospectively by combining forces…
CMS data is probably the most accurate snapshot of what’s going on.
Tim
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Behalf Of Sandor Ferenczy
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 9:03 AM
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Subject: [optimal] Re: Decrease in angiography
If i am reading the data correctly, it looks like Medicare shows this:
2012: 1.187 million FAs
2015: 1.056 million
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/Physician-and-Other-Supplier.html
so an 11% drop in the three years.
-sandor
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Barsness, Denice
<BarsneD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:BarsneD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I’ve noticed, empirically, about a 40% decrease in angiography here at the ODS
Cannot find any literature on metrics, a study? To show nationwide the decrease?
Anyone know of that?
Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, CDOS, FOPS
CPMC Dept of Ophthalmology/ The Eye Institute
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