New Type of Surgeon-Driven Surgery Market Simplifies Access to Quality Care

AVENTURA, Fla. - Sept. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- Allevion, an early stage Florida company, has launched Surgeo^® (https://surgeo.com), a new kind of surgery market that allows consumers clear knowledge of surgeon qualifications and service cost, simple access to care, and a choice of uniformly defined, comprehensive surgery packages. Surgeo’s network is composed of peer credentialed surgeons who have been recommended and endorsed by other surgeons.

The Surgeo portal offers knee replacement, gastric sleeve, and other kinds of packages in the United States and abroad. Every package includes the facility, anesthesia, and other necessaries. Every flat-fee package has a clear cost and includes ancillary procedures to eliminate financial surprises. In some cases, such as penile implant surgery, Surgeo packages also include financial protections in the event of complications. Surgeo can customize new surgery packages for patients, employers, and payers.

“A few years ago, a recently uninsured cancer patient was unable to gain access to the care he needed,” said surgeon-founder Arnon Krongrad, MD. “That patient needed surgery at a clear cost that he could afford. The solution to his problem demanded unusual simplicity and resourcefulness. The lessons he taught led ultimately to the development of the surgeon-driven, quality focused solution that Surgeo is. Surgeo brings patients, employers, and payers into the world of surgeons. It does this because its network is built around surgeons that surgeons use when they need surgery.”

A qualified surgeon could increase the likelihood of a successful surgery. This principle serves as the basis for Surgeo’s development of a network of peer-credentialed surgeons. Surgeo’s surgeons often have at least 10 years of specialized experience and, in many cases, up to 30 years. Each has been recommended by other surgeons and has been further qualified by confidential references from surgeons, anesthesiologists, and others who can judge their skill.

“We are all used to going online to get the knowledge needed for choices that make sense for us,” added Kimberly Langer, Chief Product Officer. “The idea behind our technology is to simply and usefully convey knowledge patients need for a surgery shopping decision: surgeon qualifications, associated costs, locations, and more. Surgeo guides the user through the shopping decision, offers choices, provides comparison tools, and invites consultation requests. Its experience is modern and intuitive.”

Surgeo simplifies access by putting its surgery packages on an interactive online portal that enables the user to easily search and compare them. It also enables the user to submit a request for consultation with his chosen surgeon for his chosen package. Here are steps a user might take to request a hip replacement package:
- See the available package choices
- See what every package includes
- Get more details about a package
- Compare packages side by side
- Submit a consultation request

Surgeo is not a healthcare provider. Surgeo is a tool that simplifies access to quality care. Its services include:
·       Surgery Package Development: Surgeo brings together and contracts for the providers and supplies that make up its surgery package and gives you a single, total price so you can have convenience. It contracts in a way that gives you protection from medical bills related to ancillary procedures.
·       Network Development and Maintenance: A quality surgeon is the backbone of every surgery package. We examine the surgeon’s credentials, conduct a personal qualification, and talk with references who’ve been in the OR with him or her and can give us insights to outcomes, technique and response to pressures. You can be assured that every surgeon in our network represents competence and great bedside manner.
·       Online Marketplace Development and Maintenance: Surgeo puts its surgery packages on Surgeo, an online portal that presents you with uniformly defined choices. Surgeo develops and maintains the back-end database that drives the online marketplace and develops and designs, integrates, and maintains their technological features.
·       Provider Payment: Surgeo collects a single payment from you and distributes to all of the providers on your behalf, to give you simplicity and convenience.
·       Loan Navigation: Surgeo has secured relationships with financial institutions that can assist you with financing your surgery, including travel expenses.
·       Case Pre-Qualification: To properly evaluate your case, the surgeon you’ve selected needs to review specific medical records. We will let you know which those are and if you need help in getting them from your current provider to the surgeon.
·       Customer Support: Surgeo gives you support by human attendants who can help you get answers to your questions and who help you get organized for and schedule your procedure.
·       Protection from Complications Related Medical Bills: Surgeo identifies and integrates existing third-party financial products and helps its partners to develop new products that can be integrated to protect you from medical bills related to possible surgical complications.

Surgeo transforms how surgeons deliver their services and begs questions about practical healthcare reform.

About Allevion:
Allevion makes and markets surgery packages. Its Surgeo® online marketplace enables customers to take control of their surgery shopping and sort choices by surgeon, price, and location. Allevion's technology enables device makers and facilities to embed their offerings in surgery packages and seize consumer friendly, alternative routes to market.