Jamie Swaim Receives CEBT Certification
Posted May 10, 2010
Ocular Systems Inc is pleased to announce that Jamie Swaim has passed the Eye Bank Association of America Certified Eye Bank Technician examination (CEBT).
Mr. Swaim becomes the sixth member of the OSI team to achieve CEBT status. This certification evaluates an individual's knowledge of donor screening, testing, evaluation, processing, distribution and regulatory compliance for eye tissue intended for transplantation. Maintenance of this certification requires a program of continuing education through association activities, and we congratulate him on his achievement.
Ocular Systems Appoints Kilmora Consulting as Endosaver™ Distribution Manager
Posted April 23, 2010
Ocular Systems has contracted John McMaster of Kilmorna Consulting to identify and establish European Union distributor relationships for its corneal endothelium delivery instrument, EndoSaver™. McMaster is an experienced, high-performing ophthalmic device sales consultant who will formulate market strategy and guide OSI's international business. Before he established Kilmorna Consulting, John McMaster managed the non-US business for CooperVision Surgical.
Ocular Systems' Endosaver
Posted April 22, 2010
Ocular Systems, Inc. today announced that its corneal endothelium delivery instrument, EndoSaver
EndoSaver
Ocular Systems Receives ISO Certification
Posted March 24, 2010
Ocular Systems, Inc. has received ISO 13485: 2003 Certification for manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic surgical instruments. Ocular Systems, based in the Piedmont Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, manufactures EndoSaver
Ocular Systems, Inc. President Jerry Barker Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award Finalist in the Carolinas
Posted May 15, 2009
Ocular Systems, Inc. (OSI) today announced that its president, Jerry Barker, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Carolinas. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Barker was selected as a finalist from nearly 75 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 18, 2009 at the Westin Charlotte.
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Ocular Systems Profiled in Business Journal of the Greater Triad
Posted February 27, 2009
It looks a bit like a plain electric toothbrush, but a new medical device jointly developed by Ocular Systems Inc. and Wake Forest University promises to make a cutting-edge eye surgery less painstaking for doctors while giving a boost to the young company’s bottom line.
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Corneal Tissue Reimbursement Consulting Now Available
Posted April 4, 2008
Ocular Systems is pleased to provide its customers with reimbursement consulting to help guide you in billing corneal tissue to your local Medicare carrier and other commercial insurance carriers. Reimbursement for the acquisition of tissue used during keratoplasty procedures is a major concern for providers, patients, the physician community and medical technology innovators.
OSI customers receive reimbursement consultation services free of charge. This service is provided by Ocular Systems in collaboration NMD HealthCare Consulting, and is designed to ensure that proper, timely reimbursement is received.
NMD is fully prepared to receive and respond to all of OSI customers’ coding, coverage and reimbursement inquiries.
OSI customers may access reimbursement information by contacting NMD Healthcare directly by phone at: NMD offices (609) 584-8470. You may also contact NMD by email at: support@nmdhealthcare.com.