Dr. Carmelo Otero Is Leading Business Advisor In Medical Industry

Online, January 11, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Dr. Carmelo Otero represents the new wave of surgeons practicing medicine in the US. Medical reimbursements to hospitals have continued to decrease while medical expenditures are increasing. There is a strong drive to deliver the finest patient care at a realistic and maintainable expense. Dr. Otero is on the forefront of providing hospitals with solutions that yield the highest patient outcomes at a competitive cost.

Dr. Otero is involved with several medical device companies that provide state of the art technology, ensuring the best patient outcomes, all at a cost hospitals can sustain. Dr. Otero acts as Chief Medical Advisor for TransitionCare Solutions which provides several product lines to long term care facilities allowing cost effective and instant access to physician consultation and care. TransitionCare is the leader in patient-centered medical home/accountable care organization build outs. In addition, Dr. Otero is a Chief Medical Advisor for Bang Surgical.

Bang Surgical CEO, Ted Schwartz, says, "Dr Otero has an excellent business acumen that is helping hospitals to not only provide world renown patient care but also with profitable margins. Many hospitals just hover above the red because of low Medicare reimbursements. But Dr Otero is helping drive low cost solutions into the OR, saving hospitals up to 10% on their implant costs".

Bang Surgical provides a mobile OR video conferencing system that helps reduce costs to hospitals. Surgeons, representatives from medical device companies, and product engineers can use Bang to participate during surgeries without the cost of travel. Dr. Otero was the first US surgeon to implement Bang Surgical into Cardiac Surgery, resulting in huge opportunities for hospitals to improve patient care and reduce costs.