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make sure to negoti-
ate carve-outs that
cover them. As for the
implants themselves,
the plates and screws
and nuts and bolts
essential to the
repairs, every manu-
facturer has a product
they'd like to sell you.
But consolidating the
inventory of hardware
that our physicians
request and use is the
most effective way to
keep materials costs
in check. OSM
Ms. Jipp
(
nancyj@fvortho.com
)
is the director of surgery
at the Fox Valley
Orthopedics Ambulatory
Surgery Center
in Geneva, Ill.
O R T H O P E D I C S
ALL BETTER Thomas Atkins, MD, of the Fox Valley
Orthopedic ASC, with an Ortho First patient.
Nancy
K.
Jipp,
RN,
BSN,
CASC
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