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New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has opened the $120 million Debra H. and Robert J. Patrick Neuroscience Institute, a 132,000-square-foot facility bringing neuroscience services together in one location. The institute will open to clinic patient appointments Oct. 5, according to an…

Spine surgeons have more ways than ever to avoid a fusion. Farah Musharbash, MD, also sees what happens when they try too hard. In his revision practice, Dr. Musharbash encounters patients whose earlier operations were designed to preserve motion or…

A patient who isn’t ready on the morning of surgery becomes a cancellation, a no-show or a case that starts late. By then, there are no easy choices left. The cost shows up in places a cancellation report doesn’t track.…

Oct 9, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

Presented by
Presenters:
  • Robert Westergan, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Medical Director, Hinge Health
  • Stephen Lance, Provider Network Development, Hinge Health

The University of California San Diego in La Jolla received $5 million from an anonymous donor to support research and treatment for spinal cord and neurological injuries. The funding supported the launch of the Spinal Therapeutics, Engineering, Limb and Life…

Timothy Dooley, MD, of Reno, Nev.,-based Great Basin Orthopaedics, became the first surgeon in Northern Nevada to perform a joint replacement procedure using the Touch CMC 1 prosthesis. The procedure is a treatment option for patients with arthritis at the…

For any group operating under payer contracts, reimbursement now shifts with every policy change, fee schedule update and contract renewal and revenue can slip before anyone notices.One place that happens quietly is the professional component of clinical pathology. This webinar…

Oct 16, 2026 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT

Presented by:

Presented by
Presenter:
  • Daniel Higgins, MBA, CPB, Director Account Management, Medusind

Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute named Harel Deutsch, MD, director of spine surgery. Dr. Deutsch specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, motion preservation surgery and the treatment of failed back surgery syndrome, according to an Aug. 24 news release from…

For the past few years, much of the orthopedic conversation about GLP-1 medications has centered on one practical question: When should patients stop taking them before surgery.? That question now has a clearer answer.  The drugs are changing who arrives…

Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health acquired All Access Ortho, an orthopedic urgent care provider.  WaveEdge Capital served as exclusive sell-side mergers and acquisitions adviser to All Access Ortho in connection with the transaction. Financial terms and a transaction closing date were…

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