Hip and knee implant prices rise 8.5%
Editorial: The arguments on increasing implant prices
"Other" joints
Shoulder implant update
2001 subscriber survey
Physician payment update
Amendments and corrections: Sulzer, Covenant, HCFA
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vol 12 no 4 (October 2001)
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2001 Spinal Surgery update
Editorial: Making OR Managers more effective
2001 Spinal industry update
HealthEast establishes spinal procedure dateabase
Bone Grafts and bone substitutes
2001 Bone cement update
DRG payment update
Updated 2000 hip and knee procedure counts
"Worth repeating"
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vol 12 no 3 (July 2001)
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2001 Hip and knee implant review
Editorial: On-going price increases are not sustainable
Medicare's Managed care: A 2000 update
Payers and payments
The 2000 U.S. Hip & Knee Imlant Market
Hospital Resources and Implant Cost Management--a 2000 Update
Sulzer update
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vol 12 no 2 (April 2001)
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2000 Trauma update
The 2000 US trauma market
Managing Implant Costs: The Challenges
End in sight for Sulzer recall?
Entire newsletter (16 pages 644k)
2001 Trauma price comparison (top) (11"x17")[Updated May 3,2001]
2001 Trauma price comparison (bottom) (11"x17")
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vol 12 no 1 (January 2001)
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Hip and knee prices rise 7.0%
Revisiting orthopedic economics
Centers of Excellence Redux
Shoulder implant update
Sulzer recalls Inter-op cup
2000 subscriber survey
Medicare physician payment rises slightly
Gliatech's ongoing woes
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vol 11 no 4 (October 2000)
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2000 Spinal surgery update
Editorial: Dead rats affect hospital purchases
2000 spinal industry update
Bone grafts and substitutes
2000 Bone cement update
HCFA DRG payment update
1999 hip and knee procedure estimates
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vol 11 no 3 (July 2000)<
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2000 Hip and knee implant review
Editorial: Data problems and strange economics
Top 10 hip and knee hospitals
Payers and payments
Medicare's managed care: The impact on joint replacement statistics
The US Hip & Knee Implant Market
Hospital Resources and Implant Cost Management
Price comparisons
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vol 11 no 2 (April 2000)
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1999 Trauma update
1999 US Trauma market
Orthopedic implant bar-coding goes half-way
Medicare outpatient coding to change July 1
2000 trauma implant price comparisons (top 1/2 -- 11"x17")
2000 trauma implant price comparisons (bottom 1/2 -- 11"x17")
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vol 11 no 1 (January 2000)
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Hip and knee implant prices rise 8.7%
Editorial: What's going on with these price increases?
A shoulder implant update
Hip and knee revisions
1999 subscriber survey
Physician payment update
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vol 10 no 4 (October 1999)
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1999 Spinal surgery update
Editorial: Data lacking in spine program management
Spine industry reaches adolescence: Growth spurts and food fights
Bone grafts and bone substitutes
DRG payment update
1999 spinal instrumentation price comparison
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vol 10 no 3 (July 1999)
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1999 Hip and knee implant review
Editorial: What outlawing gainsharing will do."
Top 10 hip and knee implant hospitals
The 1998 hip and knee implant market
1999 hip implant prices
1999 knee implant prices
Publicly traded orthopedic companies
What Synvisc has done
Hospitals resource management
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vol 10 no 2 (April 1999)
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1999 Trauma update
Editorial: Orthopedic Network News goes On-line"
The US Market for Trauma Devices
External fixation price comparison
Internal fixation price comparison
Gainsharing can be a challenging, yet valuable process
Network News Briefs: Premier, Level I trauma Centers
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vol 10 no 1 (Jan 1999)
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Hip and knee implant prices rise 7.1%
Editorial: Y2K Silliness
Subscriber survey
Orthopedics well-suited to gainsharing (Dan Piro, Elyse Gellerman)
HCFA decreases joint replacement physician payments by about 5%
Network News Briefs: Medtronic/Sofamor Danek, Smith & Nephew
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vol 9 no 4 (Oct 1998)
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1998 Spinal Surgery Update
Editorial: Industry consolidation
The Top 10 spine hospitals
The 1998 Spine Market
Bone grafts and bone substitutes, price comparison
1998 Spinal Implant Price Comparisons
Spinal surgery adjuncts: Bone growth stimulators
Spinal surgery adjuncts: Spinal barriers
Hospital payment for spine patients
Physician payment for spinal procedures
HCFA Changes: Reduced payment for DRGs; Updated transfer rule; Centers for Excellence
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vol 9 no 3 (July 1998)
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1998 Hip & Knee Implant Review
Editorial: HCFA's transfer rule affects payment for DRG 209
Top 10 hospitals
The U.S. Market
Profiles of Orthopedic implant companies
1998 Hip and Knee implant price comparisons
Payers and payments
Hospital Resources and Implant Cost Management
Implant Revisions and Medical Device Reports
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vol 9 no 2 (April 1998)
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1998 Trauma update
Editorial: In Search of "Trauma Centers for Excellence"
The U.S. Market
External fixation price comparison
Internal fixation price comparison
Motor vehicle crashes--A Major source of trauma
A wholistic practitioner's ankle fracture
An external fixator patient--18 months later
Network News Briefs: Depuy/Acromed, Howmedica
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vol 9 no 1 (Jan 1998)
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Implant prices rise 4.3% in 1998
Editorial: Data systems: Helps or hindrances
Shoulder Implants small but growing market, 1998 price comparisons
Top 10 shoulder hospitals
Hospitals moving toward ceiling prices
HCFA decreases joint replacement physician payments by 10%
Network News Briefs: Sulzer Medica, FDA
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vol 8 no 4 (Oct 1997)
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1997 Spinal Surgery Update
Editorials: GPOs should revisit their mission
The U.S. Spinal Implant Market
Hospital Cost and Quality Management for spine procedures
Hospital Payment for Spinal procedures
1997 Spinal Fusion Instrumentation Price Comparisons
Physician payment
One Patient's Experience with Spinal cages
Bone Grafts and Bone substitutes
Medicare pay cuts, new DRGs for orthopedics
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vol 8 no 3 (July 1997)
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1997 Hip & Knee Implant Review
Editorial: Let's not forget hip fractures
The U.S. Market
Publicly Traded Implant Companies
1997 Hip and Knee implant price comparisons
Payers and Payments
Hospital Resources and Implant Cost Management
Implant revisions
One Patient's Experience in Knee implants
Network News Briefs: Biomet
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vol 8 no 2 (April 1997)
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Fracture Hospitalizations Decrease 1.6% in 1995
Editorial: Did HCFA Invite the Right Hospitals as "Centers of Excellence"
External Fixation: 1997 Update
Top 10 Ex-fix hospitals
1997 External Fixation Price Comparison
External Fixation: One Patient's Experience
Profile of Knee Replacements for COE hospitals
Hinsdale Hospital's Pain Management
Aspen Healthcare Metrics/Mendenhall Associates, Inc. agreement
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vol 8 no 1 (Jan 1997)
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HCFA Invites 84 Hospitals to Round 2 for "Centers of Excellence"
Editorials: "I Don't Shake Hands with Reps"
ONN Digs, Identifies 82 Invited Hospitals
Manufacturer List Prices Rise 5% for Hips, Knees
Bone Anchors: Up and Away
1997 Bone Anchor Price comparison
HCFA Increases physician payments for revisions
Network News Briefs: VHA
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vol 7 no 4 (Oct 1996)
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1996 Spinal Surgery Update
IMS Clarifies database use
HealthEast Orthopaedic Implant Registry Wins Top Innovation Award
1996 Spinal Fusion Instrumentation Price Comparisons
1996 Hospital Survey
Shoulder Implants--An Update
1996 Shoulder Implant Price Comparison
Bone Cement Use Rises
1996 Bone Cement and Accessories Price Comparison
Little Change for DRG 209 Payment in FY 1997
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vol 7 no 3 (July 1996)
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1996 Hip & Knee Implant Review
Market shares
Implant costs per case
How Good are Benchmark Data?
1996 Hip and Knee implant price comparisons
Implant Ceiling Prices: Memorial Healthcare Systems' Experience
Corrections: Trauma price list dates in vol 7 no 2
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vol 7 no 2 (April 1996)
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Lower Limb Fractures Show Steady Increase
Editorial: The Orthopedic Arms Race
Internal Fixation Price Comparison
Hip fractures: A case study
HCFA's Global Pricing Project
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vol 7 no 1 (Jan 1996)
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Implant Prices Rise 6.0%
Editorial: Where are implant prices going?
Payment to Physicians for Total Hip Implants Increases 6.5% in 1996
A Survey of GPO Contracts
Bone Growth Stimulators
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vol 6 no 4 (Oct 1995)
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Osteonics Awarded $57.5 Million for Patent Infringement
Does Osteonics' Litigation Benefit patients?
Bone Grafts and Bone Substitutes
An Update on Shoulder Implants
1995 ONN Reader Survey
1% Increase for DRG 209 Payment in Fiscal 1996
Network News Briefs: VHA, Orthofix, Kennedy Medical
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vol 6 no 3 (July 1995)
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1995 Hip & Knee Implant Review
The U.S. Market
Decreasing Length of Stay Means Fewer Nurses
1995 Hip and Knee implant price comparisons
Hip/Knee Medical Device Reports Level off in 1994
Network News Briefs: Johnson & Johnson Professional
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vol 6 no 2 (April 1995)
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TMJ Implants: Lessons for All of Us
Why TMJ?
External Fixation Shows Procedure Growth
Meeting Highlights: Polyethylene, Outcomes, Costs
Network News Briefs: VHA, Sofamor Danek, Advanced Spinal Fixation
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vol 6 no 1 (Jan 1995)
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1995 Implant Prices Show Slower Growth
Do you have a "Son of Surgeon" problem?
ONN Seminar Highlights:
Rational Use of Resources in Total Joint Replacement (Dr. Avrum Froimson)
Cost Quality Issues in Back Surgery (Dr. Bernard Pfeifer)
Developing an Implant Utilization Monitoring Program (Kathleen Killeen)
An Implant Contracting process (Jerry Ward)
An Orthopedic Supplier's Perspective on the 1990s (Dane Miller)
A Distributor's Perspective on Orthopedic Services in the 1990s (Mike Kennedy)
Developing Critical Pathways (Susan Kyzer)
Managed Care Strategies in Orthopedics for the 1990s (Kerry Hicks)
Developing a Preventative Sports Medicine Program (Dr. David Janda)
Applying Yoga to a Physical Therapy Practice (Chris Saudek)
Open Question and Answer forum
A Profile of Hospital Implant usage
Medicare Physician Payment for Total Joints Shows Increase of 1.7%
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vol 5 no 4 (Oct 1994)
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Management of back pain
The Incredible shrinking industry
Spinal Implant Price Survey
1994 Hospital Survey
Creative Contracting
No Increase for DRG 209 Payment in Fiscal 1995
Network News Briefs: Pennsylvania Hospital, Healtheast
Corrections: WMT name
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vol 5 no 3 (July 1994)
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1993 Hip & Knee Implant Review
How much should hospitals markup devices?
1992 Hip & Knee Implant Industry review
1994 Hip and Knee implant price comparisons
Medical Device Reports Highlight Reporting Variances
VA Contract offers rare insights
Network News Briefs: Kirschner and Orthomet
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vol 5 no 2 (April 1994)
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An Overview of Fractures
Capitation for Suppliers?
1994 Trauma System Price Comparisons
Developing an Implant Utilization Monitoring Program
AAOS Meeting Addresses Implant Costs
Network News Briefs: Intermedics Orthopaedics, ACE Medical Company
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vol 5 no 1 (Jan 1994)
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1994 Implant Prices Increase 4%
What healthcare reform cannot do
ONN Seminar Highlights:
A Patient Focused Critical Pathway (Dr. Kenneth Bramlett)
Rational Use of Resources in Total Joint Replacement (Dr. Avrum Froimson)
A System for Matching Implants to Patients (Dr. William Healy)
Regional Variation in Hip and Knee Surgeries (Greg Dodds)
Developing a Process for Implant Contracting (Kevin Weeks)
A Distributor's Perspective on Implant Services in the 1990s (Mike Bailey)
A Manufacturer's View of Contracting (Steven Hirsch)
Developing an Implant Utilization Monitoring Program (Kathleen Killen)
Application of Material Usage Evaluation (MUE) to Orthopedics (Marv Feldman, Steve Huebner)
Medicare Physician Payment to decrease 1%
Network News Briefs: Mayo Clinic, Excess Inventory Control, Kinamed
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vol 4 no 4 (Oct 1993)
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Regional Differences in Growth, Length of Stay
Yoga, orthopedics and Healthcare reform (Oct '93)
Clinical Pathways Reduce Costs, Improve Quality
A Closer Look at Revisions
FY 94 DRG 209 Payment to Increase 1%
Healthcare Supplier Financial Profiles
Network News Briefs: Implex, Encore, US Medical Products, Wright Medical, Kinamed, Osteonics, VHA Michigan
Corrections: Pricing, IMS name
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vol 4 no 3 (July 1993)
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1992 Review--Slower Procedure Growth, Less Expensive Products
Editorial--The Winds of Change
1993 Implant Price Comparisons
1993 subscriber survey
Spine procedures increase 18% in 1992
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vol 4 no 2 (April 1993)
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HealthEast's Orthopedic Implant Utilization Management Program
Orthopedics and New Healthcare Policies (Apr '93)
Reports of Bone Cement Reaction Rise
Shoulder implant market
Return, reprocessing policies show variation
Patient demand matching orthopedic implants
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vol 4 no 1 (Jan 1993)
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1993 Implant Prices Increase 6%
Editorial: How hospitals and manufacturers can help each other
Letter to the Editor (Steven Hirsch; Director of Sales, Howmedica
Hospitalizations for Fractures Decrease in 1991
Medicare Physician Payment for orthopedic Implants to Decrease Approximately 2% in 1993
Conference on Implants draws new perspectives:
An Agenda for surgeons and industry (Dr. Augusto Sarmiento)
Rational Use of Resources in Total Joint Replacement (Dr. Avrum Froimson)
Building Physician Support for an Implant Contract (Mark Schaefer)
Effectiveness of a hospital-based strategy to reduce prosthesis costs (Dr. Fred Kummer)
The Manufacturers Perspective:
Jim Walker, Director of Sales, Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics
Dave Martinez, Director of Sales, Techmedica
Vince Nessen, Director of Sales, Kinamed
Alan Taylor, Director of National Accounts, Dow Corning Wright
Louis Serafin, President, Biopro
Zee Robertson, Senior Marketing Analyst, Intermedics Orthopedics
Steven Hirsch, Director of Sales, Howmedica
Developing a Multi-Hospital Implant Agreement (Remar Thornsness)
Outcomes Research in the surgical management of hip fracture and osteoarthritis (Dr. James Hudson)
New Research in Outcomes for Knee Replacement (Dr. Robert Lubitz)
Correction: Paper attribution
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vol 3 no 4 (Oct 1992)
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1991 Implant procedures increase 19%
Editorial--New Careers for Implant Sales people
The Industry's View of 1991
Revision Surgery and MDRs
Is Cementing Cheaper
FY 1993 Reimbursement
Corrections (pricing/Teledyne-Allvac)
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vol 3 no 3 (July 1992)
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Spinal implants: The next orthopedic growth market
Editorial (untitled)
AAOS Position Statement on Implant Costs
Inventory Management at Brigham & Women's Hospital
1992 Hip implant price comparison
1992 Knee implant price comparison
How an Orthopedic Implant is made
VHA North Central to Rebid Osteonics contract
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vol 3 no 2 (April 1992)
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Regional variations found in Implant procedures
Editorial--Time for an Implant Registry?
ORMC Negotiates contract
AAOS Meeting highlights
Survey results
Obsolete inventory
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vol 3 no 1 (Jan 1992)
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Implant Prices Rise Average 8%
Editorial--Intersection of implant prices and hospital reimbursement
The "true cost" of an orthopedic implant
Mt. Sinai's Rational Use of Implants
Patient Demand Matching
1992 Physician payment
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Fall 1991 (Oct 1991)
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Orthopedic implant market of the 90's
Introductory editorial
VHA Implant Contract
Economics of hip fractures
1992 DRG reimbursement
Loaner fees
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