Becker's Healthcare February 29, 2024
From rising costs to payer delays, three physicians told Becker’s what they view as the most dangerous trends for orthopedic and spine ASCs in 2024.
Reuben Gobezie, MD. Director of the Cleveland Shoulder Institute and Regen Orthopedics and CEO of Genie Health (Mayfield Heights, Ohio): The most dangerous trend as pertains to spine and orthopedics in the ASC presently are:
1. The increasing costs of implant pricing whilst a decrease in reimbursement is consistently being realized. Innovation will suffer in the U.S. healthcare system and facilities are not allowed, due to archaic Medicare rules, to balance bill patients for the costs of new/cutting-edge implants. This fact reduces the patients’ ability to exercise choice in what implants [what quality] are...
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