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Sean McMillan¹, Michael Schwartz, Bryan Jennings

¹Lourdes Medical Associates-Professional Orthopedics, Burlington, NJ; Our Lady of Lourdes-Burlington Campus, Burlington, NJ; Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ.

American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)

|November 4, 2017

Abstract:

In-office diagnostic needle arthroscopy is a cost-effective and reproducible procedure with potential cost and quality-of-life benefits for commercial payers and patients. Significant value was realized in this 200-patient retrospective review. Minimum savings of $418 and $554.62 were realized for noncontrast knee and shoulder magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, respectively, in independent MRI facilities. Those savings more than doubled in hospital-based facilities: $961.08 and $1097.62, respectively, for knee and shoulder noncontrast MRI scans.

Keywords:

diagnostic arthroscopy healthcare cost reduction musculoskeletal diagnostics MRI alternatives

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