Prices of pacemakers, defibrillators and other devices are declining
The prices of pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical devices are declining, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
The newspaper cited data from the nonprofit ECRI Institute that found U.S. hospitals reported a 5 percent price decline for basic pacemakers, a 2 percent decline for bioprosthetic valves and a 10 percent decline for drug-eluting coronary stents in the past three years.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.