Busy Doctors, Wasteful Spending – NYTimes.com.

We all know the story.  A team creates a groundbreaking new innovation only to see it mired in internal debates. When it is eventually launched in the market, there is an initial flurry of sales to early adopters, but then sales cycles become sluggish. Pilot customers are enthusiastic, but broader adoption is slow even with…

Value based care is trying to be made synonymous with cheaper care. Not always the case! Health Insurers Are Trying New Payment Models, Study Shows – NYTimes.com.

Background: The popularity of total ankle replacement as a treatment for end-stage arthritis continues to grow. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in ankle kinetics and kinematics from a preoperative time point through two years postoperatively in patients who had received either a fixed-bearing or a mobile-bearing implant. Methods: Ninety patients who received a…