The Concept

Containing Costs

The rising costs of orthopedic implants have placed an unfair burden on hospitals and the patients they serve. Surgeon involvement and ownership in distribution has proven to be the most powerful model to reduce and control implant prices. The Alliance Model™ establishes effective market forces leading to cost savings that far exceed all other models.

Creating Efficiencies

The Alliance Model™ effectively aligns the needs of hospitals, surgeons, medical device companies and society by removing unnecessary costs. Hospitals are afforded unparalleled cost savings. Surgeons are afforded a valuable ancillary service. Manufacturers are afforded the ability to reduce sales, marketing and distribution costs and to reduce inventory carrying costs. Society is afforded considerably increased value.

Fostering Surgeon/Hospital Alignment

Surgeons working with and on behalf of their hospital are uniquely positioned to bring about meaningful and necessary change. Healthcare Reform asks physicians and hospitals to align and develop innovative means to reduce cost while maintaining quality. The Alliance Model™ of surgeon owned distribution is an excellent demonstration of such an alignment.

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I have been doing TJR for 20 years and have seen many changes in the practice of medicine in that time. In the face of incredible onslaughts from government, insurance industry, litigation and the pressures of declining re-imbursement, the one bright spot for me in the past 5 years has been surgeon owned distribution with Alliance.

Dr. Paul Burton

There has been a lot of talk about decreasing the cost of healthcare while maintaining the quality, with Alliance we can accomplish both.

Dr. Douglas Dodson

...our distribution model under the oversight of the largest law firm in the United States dedicated exclusively to health care. It has been extensively reviewed by independent corporate legal counsels for several large hospital systems, small community hospitals, and surgeon practice groups [and has] on all occasions, passed.

Today, surgeons at 7 hospital systems in California, Colorado and New Mexico have started their own implant distributorships, selling implants for joint replacement and spine surgeries to other facilities for less than a traditional medical device distributor.

OIG Reaffirms: Physician-Owned Device Companies Can Be Properly Structured and Operated Under the Anti-Kickback Statute.

A scientific exhibit recently presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) showed that by implementing a surgeon-owned distribution model, with Alliance Surgical Distributors (Alliance), three California hospitals saved over $1.0 million.

We Believe

The Concept

Containing Costs

Creating Efficiencies

Fostering Surgeon/Hospital Alignment

View the AAOS Scientific Exhibit