Utilization Study Unveiled Surgeon ownership in implant distribution does not lead to overutilization

One of the significant concerns with the surgeon owned distribution model is overutilization. Alliance Surgical Distributors conducted a recent study of one of its distributorships and found surgical case volumes were consistent with years prior to formation of the distributorship. Fig. 1 February 2006 marks the inception of the distributorship. Green - Annual Patient Office Visits Red - Annual TKAs Blue - Annual THAs Fig. 2 Illustrates the patterns of a surgeon involved in the surgeon owned implant distribution model (Dr. 1 - Blue) vs. a surgeon that is not an owner in the implant distributorship (Dr. 2 - Red)

 ALLIANCE SURGICAL DISTRIBUTORS’, INLAND SPINE AND ORTHOPEDICS, REDUCES ITS IMPLANT PRICES TO HOSPITALS
Continuing the Commitment to Reducing Healthcare Costs

April 7, 2010 (Redlands, CA) – Alliance Surgical Distributors’ first physician owned distributor, Inland Spine and Orthopedics, announced a price reduction on implants to its three contracted hospitals. Price reductions are traditionally unprecedented in an industry where the costs of orthopedic implants typically increase 13% annually. Already, Inland Spine and Orthopedics is well below the nearest contracted price as presented in a scientific exhibit at the 2009 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS).

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