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Front Line of Healthcare Report 2015: The shifting US healthcare landscape
By Tim van Biesen, Josh Weisbrod, Roger Sawhney and Julie Coffman For those working on the front line of US healthcare, the pace…
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Recon
Study finds big drop in Medicare mortality rates, hospitalizations, costs
By Liz Szabo The U.S. health care system has scored a medical hat trick, reducing deaths, hospitalizations and costs, a new study…
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Financial
ECA Medical Instruments Develops Industry First Single-Procedure Ratchet To Reduce Time, Cut Cost Of Orthopaedic Implant Surgeries
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ECA Medical Instruments®, the leading designer and manufacturer of single-procedure torque-limiting and fixed-driver surgical instruments and sterile-packed…
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Financial
5 reasons why taking device sales reps out of the OR is a big mistake
By Robyn Melhuish Healthcare costs are spiraling out of control, and hospitals and health systems are attempting to reign in…
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Recon
Knee and Hip Replacement Costs Vary Greatly by Region — Why?
Written By: Christin L. Melton, ELS Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) are among the most…
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Financial
Which conditions show reduced costs with disease management?
Date: February 6, 2015 Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Summary: Asthma, back pain, and congestive heart failure are…
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Financial
Siemens Said to Plan 7,400 Job Cuts as CEO Reduces Costs
byAlex Webb (Bloomberg) — Siemens AG plans to cut about 7,400 jobs worldwide as Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser tries…
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Biologics
Regenerative medicine has huge potential but it does not come cheap
Giulia Gigliobianco – PhD in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at University of Sheffield Regenerative medicine, where soft tissues, organs or…
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Financial
It’s Easier to Measure the Cost of Health Care than Its Value
Authors Dana Goldman; Amitabh Chandra; Darius Lakdawalla How can there be no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, a disease with a…
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Spine
Royal Oak Medical Devices Makes Unique, Cost-Saving “Rep-less” Model Available Nationwide
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Michigan-based medical device manufacturing company, Royal Oak Medical Devices (ROMD), has announced that its uniquely “rep-less” and…
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Financial
How Insurers Curb Costly Hips, Knees And Other Medical Devices
Bruce Japsen The medical device industry, already feeling the brunt of a tax to help fund the Affordable Care Act,…
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Recon
Hip fracture surgery reduces lifetime health costs by more than $65,000 per patient
Surgery is the primary treatment for hip fractures – which are sustained by more than 300,000 Americans each year –…
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Spine
Deconstructing the Cost of Spine Care: Where Dollars Really Go
Written by Laura Miller | Tuesday, 03 June 2014 10:23 The media has paid a lot of attention to physician compensation recently…
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Costs for fusion about 50% higher than TDR in patients denied TDR insurance coverage
ORLANDO, Fla. — Billed costs and payments received were both higher for lumbar fusions than for a comparable group of patients…
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