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New Study Reveals Cost-Effective Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty For Degenerative Spondylolisthesis And Stenosis
Premia Spine TOPS™ This study demonstrates the TOPS device’s continued cost-effectiveness and immediate dominance compared to TLIF, making it a…
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Hospital for Special Surgery Joins with Transcarent to Provide Leading Self-Insured Employers with a New Health and Care Experience for Employees
Self-Insured Employers Can Now Leverage Transcarent Centers of Excellence for Employee Access to the World’s Top Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal SpecialistsTranscarent…
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Prime Health Services Announces Acquisition of InterWest Health
June 16, 2021 FRANKLIN, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prime Health Services, Inc., a national cost management solutions company, today announced it has acquired,…
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High Costs With Total Shoulder Arthroplasty? Consider Bundling!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. With total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) on the rise, say the authors of a new study,…
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Bundles cut spending on joint replacements, but not for other conditions
HARRIS MEYER / January 6, 2020 Medicare’s voluntary bundled-payment program for hip and knee replacements reduced spending by 1.6% from…
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Kill the Robots?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., December 19, 2019 If tech is sexy then robots should be wearing garter belts. But,…
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CMS Updates Fee Schedule, Encouraging More Doctor-Patient Face Time
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., November 8, 2019 The “math” is pretty straightforward: If a patient thinks a doctor doesn’t…
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Hospitals Value Improving Performance over Cost Cutting
By: Arundhati Parmar on April 8, 2016 Current priorities of hospital executives show that cutting costs of medtech ranks third…
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Increased demand for specialized OR tables drives up average price
By Adam Rubenfire The average cost of operating room tables increased this year as more providers purchased orthopedic specialty and…
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Millions choose IRS fines as more affordable than health coverage
By Abby Goodnough Clint Murphy let the deadline for getting health insurance by the new year pass without a second…
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Use of off-label devices increased costs and length of stay in TJA
By Casey Tingle Greater length of stay, admission costs, long-term complications risks and inpatient facility discharge likelihood was found among…
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Orthopedic surgeons should lead the process of bundled payment initiatives
During the next decade, The Advisory Board Company projects increases in both inpatient and outpatient orthopedic care. Knee and hip…
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Workers’ compensation policies show variation in costs, claims
Certain workers’ compensation policies show state-level variation in cost, disability time and outcomes of claims for low back pain, according…
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Reducing the cost of spine care: Key thoughts from 4 spine surgeons
By Laura Dyrda Treating back pain and other spinal conditions can cost more than $200 billion annually in the United…
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Hip implant maker claims surgical funder inflated patients’ bills
By Alison Frankel and Jessica Dye (Reuters) – A unit of Johnson & Johnson that makes artificial hips has accused a…
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