Utah doctors complain of conflict of interest in Intermountain Healthcare's sports medicine contract

For more than a decade, Intermountain Healthcare surgeons replaced or repaired damaged joints, muscles and tendons with medical devices from Arthrex, the leading supplier for sports medicine. Since January, however, Intermountain and its insurance subsidiary, SelectHealth, have contracted instead with competitors it sees as providing high quality devices at lower prices. “This new process has already resulted in substantial savings for patients,” Intermountain calculates, “anticipated to exceed $5 million in 2021.”