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The Center for Bone & Joint Surgery of the Palm Beaches, an orthopedic and spine practice, has suffered a data…
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By 2019, Marc Pietropaoli, MD, had built an orthopedic practice with dozens of employees. But when he examined its finances, he discovered something troubling: The only profitable services were those insurance didn’t cover. For years, declining reimbursement had pushed him…
Tertiary and quaternary academic medical centers absorb the hardest spine cases in the country, and the pressure on them is building faster than the resources to address them. “I worry about the increasing pressure on tertiary and quaternary academic medical…
Complex spine deformity surgery leaves little margin for ambiguity about who says what, and when. The Best Practice Guidelines for the Execution of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spine Deformity Surgery set out what sound practice looks like. This session brings the…
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- Jason B Anari, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Benjamin B. Bruins, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Alier Franco, PhD, CNIM, Area Clinical Manager, SpecialtyCare
Cleveland Clinic will acquire Youngstown, Ohio-based Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates, and the practice will join the system Nov. 1, according to an Oct. 15 letter to patients. The deal comes amid a legal battle with a local physician-owned hospital, which alleges…
The Court of Appeals of Georgia on Oct. 14 upheld the dismissal of a medical malpractice contribution lawsuit that Atlanta spine surgeon James Chappuis, MD, filed against Emory Healthcare and neurosurgeon Daniel Refai, MD. According to court documents obtained by…
Excessive mental workload may affect surgical performance and patient safety, and wearable devices and other physiological monitoring could help researchers measure it, according to an article in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. Measuring it in the operating room…
An increasing share of healthcare payment now carries downside risk, and CMS has signaled more to come: greater provider-held risk, more mandatory models and quality reporting with real financial consequences. But the pressure isn’t confined to value-based care. The same…
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- Anthony Spano, Executive Director, Value-Based Care, athenahealth
- Poonam Desai, Vice President Regional Ambulatory Operations and Clinic Integration, UChicago Medicine
- Dani Chickerella, MSM, RD, Chief of Clinical Strategy & System Delivery, University Hospitals
- Gene Quinn, MD, MPH, CEO, Envoy Integrated Health; Non-Invasive Cardiologist, Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute
- Nicole Bradberry, Chief Executive Officer; ValueH Network, Florida Association of ACOs, Texas Association of ACOs
Expandable interbody cages restore disc height more reliably than static cages, but evidence on spinal alignment and subsidence is mixed, according to an article in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. Four authors from the orthopedics department at New…
Spine surgeons adopting robotic-assisted and endoscopic techniques face widely varying learning curves, with research showing large differences in the number of procedures needed to achieve proficiency, according to an editorial published in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. The…
For years, hand surgeons treating advanced thumb arthritis have relied on removing the arthritic trapezium to relieve pain. Replacing the damaged joint has offered another possibility, but implants have struggled to deliver reliable results. Now, a new generation of implants…
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