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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > July, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 7
Managers Get Tough on Implants
Surgeons who once insisted on pricey implants let facility managers hunt for the best price.
Outpatient Surgery Staff

Facility managers are mad as hell about the cost of implants. They think they're priced too high and reimbursed too low. They feel the game is fixed against facilities and in favor of implant companies and payers, enabled largely by inflexible physicians who insist on pet implants and undermine facility bargaining muscle.

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