Importance: In 2019, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented the Patients Over Paperwork initiative, allowing hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to establish their own policies on preoperative history and physical requirements. A risk-based approach to preoperative medical evaluation may allow surgeons to provide high-value patient care.
Objective: To assess the feasibility of a risk-based approach to cataract surgery preoperative medical evaluation through a lens of safety and throughput.