tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post2786429879964746697..comments2024-02-24T06:25:59.743-08:00Comments on The Spine Blogger: Eureka, I've Found It!!!!!!Musculoskeletal Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-60152189227248016662012-12-13T19:29:03.929-08:002012-12-13T19:29:03.929-08:00Hi, i am a victim of Dr. Taylor's bad medicine...Hi, i am a victim of Dr. Taylor's bad medicine. my email is beverlypr@san.rr.com He has caused me to be in severe pain for several years. I have a lawyer that needs to find a connection between Dr. Taylor and Synthes. Karma bites, please contact me. I promise to keep your name confidential The University has it's big hired guns and without this information my lawyer wants out. It seems UCSD spares no expense in defending its doctors. Please contact me with any infor. or he will get away with destroying more then my life. I am always in pain. I want to stop him from hurting other people. please contact me beverlypr@san.rr.com i hope you will help me<br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-6544629401996166112011-02-18T08:43:28.266-08:002011-02-18T08:43:28.266-08:002:24 - seem to know a lot about Yielding and Chan....2:24 - seem to know a lot about Yielding and Chan. How did they get caught while no one else seems to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-67234925009948797282011-02-18T04:53:50.354-08:002011-02-18T04:53:50.354-08:00Why would Dr. Taylor just not disclose his relatio...Why would Dr. Taylor just not disclose his relationship? I'm aware I'm being naive but docs have big agreements and disclose them. What did he have to lose? Was there not fair market value paid? Or is there something else? <br /><br />No speculators please...only folks who know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-5283822207003833502011-02-17T17:01:52.972-08:002011-02-17T17:01:52.972-08:00The real story is that his rep (C.N.) is blowing h...The real story is that his rep (C.N.) is blowing him on a sail boat on the afternoons...<br /><br />What a pig.<br /><br />Plus, he thinks he is a "cool dude" surfer... Probably did forget since he also "sparks it up" with his fairy DePuy rep all the time, too.<br /><br />Reap the wind, jerk! <br />"karma"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-31670720017069325222011-02-17T16:39:24.238-08:002011-02-17T16:39:24.238-08:00Actually Holder and Co just rounded up the biggest...Actually Holder and Co just rounded up the biggest bunch ever: <br /><br />http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/02/20110217a.html<br /><br />We'll see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-10175338420660776542011-02-17T14:24:15.204-08:002011-02-17T14:24:15.204-08:00I GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU PUT A FEW BIG NAME SURGEON...I GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU PUT A FEW BIG NAME SURGEONS AND CEO'S INTO A FEDERAL PRISON AND THEY SPEND 80% OF THEIR SENTENCE LIKE GEOFF YIELDING GETTING THEIR ASS CHAFED YOU WILL SEE SOME QUICK CHANGES, UNFORTUNATELY ERIC HOLDER AND HIS BAND OF RENOWN HAVE NO BALLS WHEN IT COMES TO PROSECUTING WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS. YIELD WAS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, HE IS SERVING TIME WHILE DR. CHAN WAS GIVEN A PASS, ADIOS, CIAO, AUFWEDERSEHEN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-45727475335632343072011-02-17T14:05:01.122-08:002011-02-17T14:05:01.122-08:00Lets start calling out shady surgeons in our respe...Lets start calling out shady surgeons in our respective areas. You first!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-31293688386163199672011-02-17T13:41:35.462-08:002011-02-17T13:41:35.462-08:00Here's my issue with the topic at hand (i.e. q...Here's my issue with the topic at hand (i.e. questionable business motives and practices) - what's honestly going to bring an end to this? Like or not, this industry has set a precedent (pay to play) with many (maybe most) surgeons. It's much more difficult to take away an incentive once it's been introduced. A brief overview of capitalism proves this to be true; people who want to find a way to make more money by any means possible usually do. Greed is creative. <br /><br />I find it highly unlikely that - even if a few docs go away in orange jumpsuits and get a bad name - the industry will clean up any time soon, especially with declining reimbursements.<br /><br />The real X factor here is if the price for these implants continues to fall. If so, there will come a time when many companies will die and the remainders will re-shape their strategy and pull the plug on any "unnecessary spending."<br /><br />I think we're in it for the longhaul folks,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-30028477835155551142011-02-17T13:21:30.735-08:002011-02-17T13:21:30.735-08:00hammer = toolhammer = toolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-74391148937018963672011-02-17T13:17:07.668-08:002011-02-17T13:17:07.668-08:00has anyone noticed all the medtronic reps running ...has anyone noticed all the medtronic reps running away from the mothership? what gives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-40823527720894829072011-02-17T11:43:23.955-08:002011-02-17T11:43:23.955-08:00It'll have to be accomplished in another fashi...It'll have to be accomplished in another fashion since ObamScare will hopefully shrivel up and die much like his first term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-6268552831836414432011-02-17T11:39:12.662-08:002011-02-17T11:39:12.662-08:00What about the new "transparency" provis...What about the new "transparency" provisions in ObamaCare? Won't those requirements, when fully operational, make it much easier for ANYONE to see who's getting paid what? I believe there are criminal penalties for incorrect reporting, so the companies will HAVE to post on a public web site ALL of their financial relationships with doctors. This will certainly shed light on these relationships... but will they change old habits and business as usual? We'll see!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-89203600682701484322011-02-17T11:29:34.102-08:002011-02-17T11:29:34.102-08:00Having advised "consulting surgeons" wit...Having advised "consulting surgeons" with whom I've worked with over the years in product development and research projects to be completely forthcoming in their disclosures, I'm always surprised at their seeming reluctance to do so. It does show that there is an underlying professional reluctance to admit to anyone and everyone that you're working with industry, as if we're some sort of guilty pleasure, or that it will turn off other professional or other opportunities. <br /><br />Quite frankly, I've always seen it the other way around, and I think others both within and outside the profession do as well. If a surgeon is forthcoming with the nature of any relationships they have, it suggests they are comfortable that there's nothing improper about it. Conversely, nothing says "I've got something to hide" like hiding something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-41267566022647675682011-02-17T10:17:46.904-08:002011-02-17T10:17:46.904-08:00On the contrary, if you think I sit high and might...On the contrary, if you think I sit high and mighty as you say, you miss read what I am saying. I dont point fingers at anyone and I do sleep well at night, thank you very much. As I said, just as you commented, this business was once, buy your surgeon this or that, take him on a golf vacation etc. That was accepted, and now, finally that is no longer an accepted way to conduct business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-75818009929545222482011-02-17T10:00:06.705-08:002011-02-17T10:00:06.705-08:009:30
Agree, but since you were in the thick of it...9:30<br /><br />Agree, but since you were in the thick of it for 12 years I'm positive your covered in mud or at least splatters. It's very much like MDT hiding behind AdvaMed and telling everyone else how they should behave now that they are apparently clean. Although the skeletons are so vast in their closet it looks like the aftermath of the battle of Stalingrad. <br />So your blind respect for Dr. Taylor tells me that you are willing to overlook a lot and to sit high and mighty pointing your finger at others is so sanctimonious.<br />However, I do believe you believe that your lack of involvement or passive acceptance of behavior absolves you of any wrong doing. <br />You now can sleep well at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-27255356009118673582011-02-17T09:30:39.116-08:002011-02-17T09:30:39.116-08:00What a sad commentary on the spine industry. I hav...What a sad commentary on the spine industry. I have known Dr Taylor for about 10 years and have always respected him, and still do. I dont think that he was trying to hide anything or act maliciously. I do think that as the DOJ and others look at the industry more closely there are going to be more and more of these kinds of reports coming out. The industry has changed quite a bit from when I first got involved about 12 years ago, but still has a long way to come. I think that there are many comments here from some folks that are probably slinging mud, when they may want to look at some of the ways in which they have done business in the past. Granted this business hasnt always been clean, and it is time things are done ethically and morally. And no, im in now way associated with Nuvasive, actually they are one of my competitors. I think industry as a whole needs to look at how they conduct business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-73492887702568886652011-02-17T09:21:49.682-08:002011-02-17T09:21:49.682-08:008:24 Does it ryme with gin? LOL what a douch.8:24 Does it ryme with gin? LOL what a douch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-84229697494054050872011-02-17T09:08:54.675-08:002011-02-17T09:08:54.675-08:00distributor agreements with apatechdistributor agreements with apatechAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-52360256364513209442011-02-17T09:08:13.003-08:002011-02-17T09:08:13.003-08:00On a side note....What is everyone hearing about B...On a side note....What is everyone hearing about Baxter cutting all distributor agreements and going direct? Are some distributors going to be left in place or no? I'm hearing mixed information on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-60253914106502525832011-02-17T08:24:11.524-08:002011-02-17T08:24:11.524-08:00go to the ATEC booth and ask for the "hammer&...go to the ATEC booth and ask for the "hammer" see who comes over...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-28729938000506399662011-02-17T08:17:51.797-08:002011-02-17T08:17:51.797-08:008:07 AM
Tell us about the things you like about th...8:07 AM<br />Tell us about the things you like about the industry...Everyone else is just complaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-19162273038842588532011-02-17T08:07:12.101-08:002011-02-17T08:07:12.101-08:00The Spine industry really is a joke in California....The Spine industry really is a joke in California. Shady PODs like PDP SPINE are rampant and not going away so long as the surgeons don't get any heat, and so far there is no heat. Compnies such as Nuvasive dance all over rules, while certain hospital administrators and/or surgical coordinators keep a hand out just in case something nice falls into it (see Nuva). <br /><br />Other than that, I really like working in Spine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-43128817413377160692011-02-17T04:08:04.312-08:002011-02-17T04:08:04.312-08:0010:27 Just an FYI Here is Regulation 18755 read ...10:27 Just an FYI Here is Regulation 18755 read it and weep<br /><br />In compliance with Regulation 18755, the University of California established a policy, <br />as part of its conflict of interest code, regarding disclosure and disqualification related to <br />academic decisions. The “University Policy on Disclosure of Financial Interests in Private <br />Sponsors of Research” provides in part: <br /> <br />“A principal investigator must disclose whether or not he or <br />she has a direct or indirect financial interest in the sponsor of research <br />which is funded in whole or in part, (a) through a contract or grant <br />with a non-governmental entity or (b) by a gift from a non- <br />governmental entity which is earmarked by the donor for a specific <br />research project or specific principal investigator. <br /> <br />Disclosure statements (Form 700U) must be filed (a) before <br />final acceptance of such contract, grant, or gift; (b) when funding is <br />renewed; and (c) within 90 days after expiration in the case of a <br />contract or grant, or after funds have been completely expended in the <br />case of a gift. The Statements will be open to public inspection. <br />When disclosure indicates that a financial interest exists, an <br />independent substantive review of the disclosure statement and the <br />research project must take place prior to acceptance of the contract, <br />grant or gift.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-13662547078695225342011-02-17T04:02:48.278-08:002011-02-17T04:02:48.278-08:00Didn't the article report that Taylor has taug...Didn't the article report that Taylor has taught workshops on behalf of the company and was a consultant regarding product development? Maybe the only party that should be ashamed is Dr. Taylor. Amnesia is too light of a word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-32146514303195440482011-02-17T03:19:42.819-08:002011-02-17T03:19:42.819-08:00Just finished reading the article on the SDUT webs...Just finished reading the article on the SDUT website, explain how the story was taken out of context, outside of the amusing comments about amnesia the rest of it was from the newspaper. Question, for 10:27 how does one of Lukianov's consultants forget that he was being funded by Nuvasive? It's as absurd as other surgeons forgetting that they were getting paid by Medtronic to testify, or, failing to report to the university that they were paid by a company in violation of their employment agreement. The only corrective action that needs to take place is that the DOJ needs to start throwing some of these people into the gulag. But then, we condone and applaud this type of behavior until then the beat goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com