William Taylor, MD, clinical professor of neurosurgery and director of spine surgery at UC San Diego Health System, emphasizes payer complications and missed savings opportunities as major roadblocks for spine surgeons.
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Question: What roadblocks do you see ahead for the spine field?
Dr. William Taylor: [Roadblocks include] pressures from payers that will continue to stymie delivery of innovative care; this occurs through non-approvals and roadblocks to new procedures. Many institutions consider only costs that are partitioned into unchangeable sectors (operating room, hospital, instrumentation). They fail to see savings in other budgets and don't consider improved patient outcomes in decision-making.
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