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The highest paid orthopedic surgeon in Salt Lake City earns $932,600, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much…
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Healthcare organizations have spent years investing in personalization, digital engagement, omnichannel outreach, and member experience. Yet despite more communications, more channels, and more technology, behavior change remains frustratingly difficult to achieve at scale. Why? Because most organizations still treat behavior…
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Koleen Cavanaugh
SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Independence Blue Cross
Bukata Hayes
Chief Community Health Officer, HMO Minnesota (Blue Plus)
Nathan Foco
Chief Marketing and Insights Officer, Select Health
Trish Cox
Chief Experience Officer, SCAN Health Plan
Susan Mani
Associate VP Population Health Strategy, Humana
Jonas Puente
Associate Principal, ZS Associates
The shift to outpatient orthopedic surgery has raised the stakes on post-operative pain management. Health systems and ASCs are under pressure to reduce opioid exposure while maintaining effective pain control and avoiding readmissions. The NOPAIN Act changes the math. It…
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Tammy Smittle, R.N., B.S.N., M.H.A.
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Nursing Officer Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital
Stephanie Muh, M.D.
Orthopedic Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
The contingent clinical labor market is more expensive and uneven than most health systems realize. Rates, fill times and supply risk climb at different speeds across specialties, and the systems that spot those shifts first protect their margins. This webinar…
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Jessica Fong
Director of Business Development, Locumsmart
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has expanded its orthopedic practice in Carmel, Ind., with the addition of Rory Sandberg, MD. Dr. Sandberg is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in primary and complex hip and knee replacement, according to a June 8…
The Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic has opened the Great Falls Clinic Capital City Specialty Center in Helena, Mont., according to a June 10 report by ABC FOX Montana. The center launched with orthopedic services led by Peter Hanson, MD, an…
For decades, spine surgery has relied on some of medicine’s highest-quality research. Randomized trials. Prospective studies. Single-center investigations led by academic institutions. Those studies transformed spine care, but they also came with a limitation: They often reflected ideal conditions rather…
Austin-based Ascension Seton added custom-fabricated, patient-specific spinal implants for complex spine reconstruction, according to a June 10 news release. Rory Mayer, MD, and Alex Cruz, MD, at Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis, use high-resolution imaging data to design implants matched…
Kurtis Biggs, DO, is making his own legacy in orthopedics by creating his own hip implant. The design, first drawn on a napkin, has been used in multiple patients and it’s just the beginning for him. Dr. Biggs, founder of…
From the first visit to final recovery, Jeremy Smith, MD, says his job goes beyond the operating room, and he wants referring physicians to know exactly what that commitment looks like in practice. Dr. Smith, chief of spine surgery at…
Among orthopedic residents, there wasn’t a difference in case volume performed across race and gender, according to a study in the June issue of the HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. Five things to know: 1.…
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