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Doctors Question Relationships in ArthroCare's Device Sales

Stock quotes in this article: ARTC , BSC , COV , SNN , SYK  

Updated from 11:53 a.m. EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY -- ArthroCare (ARTC Quote) investors might want to flip through some past editions of The Palm Beach Post.

Last month, attorney Gary Roberts began placing prominent ads in the Florida newspaper seeking car-wreck victims who may have undergone unnecessary spine operations using one of ArthroCare's most popular devices. Roberts suspects that personal injury attorneys have been referring clients to doctors who perform the quick procedures -- often billed at more than $1,000 per minute -- so that they can inflate medical costs and fatten insurance settlements. ...

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