Should Physicians Be Business Partners With Medical Device Salesmen?

Should a Florida cardiologist co-own a business running frozen yogurt shops with a medical device salesman? That's the question raised by reporter John Dorschner in a story posted by the Miami Herald yesterday:"e;Mark Sabbota, a Hollywood cardiologist, regularly implants $5,000 pacemakers in patients at Memorial hospitals in South Broward — generating, last year alone, more than a half-million dollars in sales for a manufacturer called St. Jude Medical. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)







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