Michael Meneghini, MD

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Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast · Driving Efficiency and Growth in Orthopedic Practices with Michael Meneghini, MD · 6 Feb 2026 podcast

And so I think that answers your staffing question.

We need to use technology.

Now, finally, the implant utilization, that's a tricky one.

That's one we've been trying to solve.

And for full disclosure, I work with implant companies.

I've been a designer for 15 plus years.

And I think like everything else, they're going to have to be partners with us and bring their implants down.

But there's a couple strategies to help keep that cost down.

Number one, using sole or dual source vendors so they can bring their price down for volume.

That takes a lot of cooperation between you and your colleagues and your partners in the group to say, can we agree that in this ASC or this program to use one or two vendors so we can keep our costs down?

That's one strategy.

The other strategy is on the industry side.

They need to work to bring their inventory levels down, be better at designing better implants and lower instrumentation and using technology in place of the heavy instrument load they have, which will lower the cost of their implants.

So it's a really, on the implant side, and it's a great point you bring up, we need discipline on the practice side, and then we need continued development and evolution from our industry partners to help bring down the cost of goods as well.

Yeah, it's definitely affecting, you know, I think all groups nationwide.

And what happened on January 1 with CMS, and, you know, I've been particularly involved in my role as president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

We're dealing with these on a weekly basis as they roll out from D.C.

But, you know, the cuts on the professional side,

were mirrored by some increases on the facility fee side.

So you can see the macro trends here, which is decreasing our per patient sort of fees, but increasing the work that we do in facilities on the surgical side.

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