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seatic Insurance Fund) and the Postbeamtenkranken- If the conditions for participation are met, the physician
kasse (Insurance Fund of Mail Officers). Service providers can download the cooperation and billing contract from ADVERTORIAL
wishing to join the MICADO contracts need to be licensed this „Internal Area“, complete it in duplicate and send it
as a specialist in private practice, an MVZ (Medical Care to MICADO. The countersigned contract will then be re-
Center), a practice or day clinic, or a hospital. Ideally, the turned to the physician by mail. Once the contract has
physician or hospital can provide a surgical, multidis- been signed by both parties, the contract partner is pro-
ciplinary or multisectoral range of care and meet mini- vided with all the necessary forms for billing as well as
mum surgical volumes. In addition, the surgeries to be useful information in the „Internal Area“. Once a treat-
performed must be part of the contractually agreed ment, for example varicose laser therapy, has been com-
service catalog with the health insurers. pleted with everything included, the doctor sends the Customize
Physicians who wish to conclude a contract with MI- completed billing forms to MICADO, which checks the case
CADO are automatically provided to the „Internal Area“ af- and invoices it to the relevant health insurance company.
ter registration. There they can download a performance Once the payment has been made by the health insurance Optical
questionnaire, complete it and send it to the manage- company, the case reimbursement (minus the processing
ment company by mail or fax. This is then checked there. fee) is forwarded to the physician‘s specified account. Fibers

for Medical Laser Applications
* With „management companies“ are meant in this context medical accounting management companies [editor’s note].

MATTHIAS HEILMANN

Fiber optic components „off the in the UV spectrum.
CEO MICADO HEALTH CARE GmbH, shelf“? This all too often signifi es a These lasers reliably
and evenly transmit
wrong approach for medical laser ap-
Hamburg, Germany plications. The application areas are UV light even in sus-
too diverse and the range of available tained use without
Matthias Heilmann studied business administration lasers too large for standardized fi bers darkening. Applica-
tions requiring opti-
to meet all requirements. For optical
(BWL) at the University of Hamburg and went through fi bers and probes as well as perma- cal fi ber bundles,
such as cataract sur-
nently installed components, choosing
different leading positions in Controlling, Budget Ne- customized optical fi bers is recom- gery, are supported
gotiating, and Contract Strategy in administration mended in almost every case. These by end-fused fi ber bundles, which allow for more effi cient coupling
are produced by specialized manufac-
and de-coupling of laser light.
departments at hospitals, business insurances, and turers and tailored precisely to the re-
health insurance regional offices (Landesverband). spective application and laser. Whether All-optical fi ber bundles and probes manufactured by CeramOptec
an excimer laser is intended to correct
are suitable for applications in both contact and non-contact mode.
Before he started 2007 at MICADO, he was Head of a cornea or a vascular laser is used to They are tissue-friendly, cause almost no bleeding and enable high-
Contract and Supply Management Department at remove upsetting spider veins – custom-made fi ber designs always precision laser guidance in all application settings. In addition to
signify that the appropriate solution is available from the light con-
common probe types, such as spherical or conical end pieces, silver
DRÄGER & HANSE BKK (company health insurance ductor to the design of the probe’s tip. halogen fi bers for optimized light transmission in the typical mid-
fund). Matthias Heilmann has been CEO since 2009 Presently, for example, many users of medical lasers rely on individ- infrared range with
CO2 lasers are avail-
at GVN - GesundheitsVerbund Nord GmbH (Health ually designed and manufactured optical fi ber solutions from Cer- able. Necessary safe-
Federation North). © MICADO Health Care GmbH, Hamburg, Germany amOptec. The fi ber optics specialist from Bonn offers high-quality ty measures have
optical fi bers and probes for all types of laser applications under
always been taken
the MED. OEM label. From preform to fi ber pulling, to the fi nished into consideration
probe, all production steps are performed in-house at their facility in fi ber optics: if the
in Livani / Latvia, which allows for maximum customization. Besides, guide system of a la-
customers benefi t from more than 30 years of experience in optical ser has to be suited
fi ber development. Specialized optical fi bers with rectangular core to frequent changes
geometries, which convert the energetically inhomogeneous Gauss of direction, safety fi ber designs can be integrated into our optical
beam of conventional medical lasers into homogeneous top-hat fi bers. Two copper wires are inserted in the fi ber jacket of these
beams and thus ensure uniform irradiation of specifi c body areas optical fi bers. They can be connected to the electrical circuit of
are available, e.g. for applications in dermatology or phlebology. the laser system and trigger an automatic circuit break and system
CeramOptec is the fi rst manufacturer to supply solarization-resist- shutdown in case of a fi ber rupture. This also sets new standards in
ant optical fi bers for excimer lasers in refractive surgery, operating operator and patient safety.
CeramOptec GmbH - a company of biolitec group
Brühler Straße 30 - D-53121 Bonn / Germany
Holger Bäuerle | Vice Managing Director www.ceramoptec.com
Tel.: 0179-4738929 - holger.baeuerle@ceramoptec.com

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