talked to a stryker rep the other day. Specifically foot and ankle and he has the gall to tell me their volume is way up but are getting killed on price. You stryker folks realize that your goal to have hospitals consolidate vendors. Ie. Stryker exclusively is essentially discounting everything 60% or more. Therefore making you work three times as hard to hit your same number from last year. Thus forcing everyone else to do the same. You are killing the industry. Anyone disagree? And if you work for Stryker, don't say other companies are pissed because you "kick ass" It truly is about price. All you do is show up bc corporate was awarded the deal. Joints, trauma, everything
you sir, truly are an uneducated moron. If you think Stryker is the cause for price erosion, you really should pay more attention to what is going on in the news. I'll give you a little hint since you probably have trouble reading and need your mommy to read to you: it's happening almost EVERYWHERE within healthcare and margins are deteriorating in an effort for hospitals to save money based on what the government (i.e. Obamacare) mandates......bundling of payments through Medicare, reduced payments as a result of readmission rates, etc. Not only that, but Orthopedics is essentially a commodity product (notice I didn't say service). I am well versed, actually a lot more versed, in this side of the industry than you ever will be,and if you can tell me why a hospital should pay MORE to their reps as a result of the things happening above, please tell me.......
Because all highly successful business men w your "experience" are on cp on a Saturday morning. Check your ego son. And i actually agree with both statements above. You made valid points. But it does not change that Stryker products are well outside the "ballpark" of competitive pricing. They are extreme
Maxx knees can sell one for 1500, kick back a little cash and still make more off Commision then we do for a 4k knee. Tons of small companies from Asia about to flood the market with 2k dollar or less knees and hips. If the hospital is making decisions good luck.
Still like the good ol days for the little companies washing ashore. Well known fact kickbacks are happening, that's why you see more of the knees here in the US. If the Dr can cover his ass you bet he is gonna use those knees for at the very least his low demand patients.
Exactly. The days of Stryker giving cash after cases is long gone, but not for the other small companies. Stryker is the only major player in those accounts, easy to attack pricing and watch it drop to nothing and blame Stryker.