UK health insurer tries to cut funding for inappropriate knee surgery

Source: UK health insurer tries to cut funding for inappropriate knee surgery — Torjesen 343 — bmj.com.

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Summary: A row has erupted between the UK private health insurer Bupa and a group of the country’s top orthopaedic surgeons, after Bupa accused some surgeons of carrying out knee procedures on patients without good medical reason.

 

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