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In 2008, the U.S. Healthcare system and the Medtech industry caught the “discretionary spending flu.” Four years later, how’s the patient doing? BMO Analyst Joanne Wuensch has diagnosed the patient and gives her prognosis. Conclusion; there is still some coughing, but the patient is getting out of bed.
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“Who will see Medicare patients?” wonders an anonymous total joint surgeon…Jim Andrews, M.D. joins IntelliCell board…Do balloon tamps trump open reduction?…“Mac” Evarts, M.D. to lead OMeGA Medical Grants Board…and more.
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Can bundled payments reign in rising health care spending including surgeon payments? New study sheds light on where cost savings in hip and back care might lie. Guess what? It’s not with the surgeon.
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A recent study found discrepancies and a general lack of transparency in spine fusion payment policies. Some payer policies, for example, are based on guidelines that are not even publicly available for review. Read what the spine experts told OTW about the study.
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Columbia University used the wrong data to conclude that fees paid U.S. orthopedic surgeons to perform hip surgery is a “main driver” of higher health care spending in the U.S. AAOS and PearlDiver found the right numbers and here they are. In fact, U.S. surgeons are paid less than many EU surgeons.
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Will the 2.3% medical device tax squeeze the neck of the orthopedic goose laying golden eggs? Or will it prime the pump so that more patients have coverage and money to pay for orthopedic procedures. AdvaMed’s new study argues the former. Read the argument here.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid millions of dollars for hip surgeries, knee surgeries and other orthopedic procedures for dead Americans between 2004 and 2008 according to a new study by PearlDiver Technologies. Who, why, what and how follows.
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