Becker’s Spine Review

Orthofix Medical reported $207.9 million in third-quarter net sales, up 1.1% year over year, but lowered its full-year 2026 guidance amid weaker spine performance. The medical technology company reported a net loss of $6.1 million, compared with $22.8 million in…

University of California San Diego Health broke ground Nov. 10 on a 180,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion in La Jolla, Calif., that will expand orthopedic, spine and neurosurgical services. The Gary and Mary West Outpatient Pavilion is slated to open in 2030…

Private equity’s expansion into orthopedics has drawn its share of scrutiny over the past few years.  Four surgeons say independent practices can learn from PE’s playbook without selling to it. From cost discipline to administrative infrastructure, surgeons say that independent…

Most hospitals aren’t ready for Medicare’s mandatory joint replacement bundle, according to a Duke surgeon leading his system’s preparation. CMS finalized the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded model July 31 in its fiscal 2027 inpatient payment rule. Starting Jan.…

CMS released its final 2027 outpatient prospective payment system and ASC rule Nov. 4, giving ASCs a 2.3% payment update and adding more than 600 procedures to the ASC covered procedures list. The changes take effect Jan. 1. Orthopedic and…

U.S. Orthopaedic Partners and Alexandria, La.-based Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center opened Mid State Surgical Center, an ambulatory surgery center for orthopedic and pain management care Nov. 5. The center is now treating patients. It has operating rooms,…

A total knee can pay an ASC $3,000 to $4,000 and tie up an operating room for four hours. Under the right contract, a carpal tunnel release can pay about the same and take 15 minutes. That math anchored a…

Spine surgeons head into 2027 facing what the North American Spine Society calls a “three-headed” financial squeeze, after CMS finalized physician and outpatient payment rules that left most of the specialty’s objections unaddressed. The final physician fee schedule cuts the…