GLG News by Physicians who Perform Joint Replacement Surgery in the U.S.

This article speculates that hip resurfacing will increase in popularity.  Because traditional total hip arthroplasty is predictable, reliable, and safe, hip resurfacing will not capture more than 4-5% of the THA market. 

1. An electronic health record will streamline patient's care, making it more effective and less costly both to themselves and the medical system.2. Some form of this idea will become indispensable in the near future.  

-Resurfacing is not new and will result in modest inroads into the market. -The HemiCAP from Arthrosurface expands surgical options in osteonecrosis of the shoulder and hip.

The study groups will only find that more data are needed, and a change in Medicare coverage will not change practice.

Pay for performance will be part of Medicare within 5 years.

- The NC Stat system relies on surface EMG and has only limited clinical data supporting it - Some Medicare regional groups have denied coverage for surface EMG, so its long term prospects are not good. - the current legal investigation is probably a small blip