Bethlehem, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute has added sports medicine surgeon Leighann Krasney, DO, to its Mountain Valley Orthopedics team. 

A patient was awarded $3.16 million in a medical malpractice case involving a spinal surgery from September 2015 that resulted in irreversible nerve damage, according to a Nov. 13 report from the law firm Mintz & Geftic.

In July, U.S. News & World Report named New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery the top orthopedic hospital in the U.S. for the 15th consecutive year. 

Bolt Navigation launched the next generation of its spine system, according to a Nov. 14 news release shared with Becker's. 

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has been at the forefront of spine care, and recently a team partnered with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in the same city to develop a device for paralysis patients called NuroSleeve.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has entered into an exclusive commercial distribution agreement with Responsive Arthroscopy, a medical device company specializing in sports soft tissue repair solutions. 

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according to a Nov. 14 report from the Lown Institute.

A total of 3,454 physicians performed "a measurable number" of low-value spine surgeries, and in that time they received a total $64 million from device and drug companies, the Lown Institute found.

Two major commercial payers in the mid-Atlantic region have expanded coverage for Centinel Spine's 1- and 2-level lumbar total disc replacement procedures. 

Former professional tennis player Fernando Perez has undergone two hip replacements at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. 

Between 2019 and 2021, more than 200,000 unnecessary spine surgeries cost Medicare an estimated $2 billion, according to an analysis from the Lown Institute. 

With the regular onset of new devices and technologies, spine surgeons are using a variety of strategies to stay on top of the latest products.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is becoming the parent company of Black Hills Surgical Hospital and Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, and those entities will transition to nonprofit status, the health system said.

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Michal Klek, MD, has joined Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare to provide orthopedic surgery. 

As more orthopedic cases move to the outpatient setting, ASC leaders should continue to deepen their focus on optimizing patient care, Nyleen Flores said.

A class action lawsuit against Exeter, N.H.-based Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics for a data breach that impacted nearly 90,000 patients has been dropped, according to a Nov. 13 report from Bloomberg Law.

From company acquisitions to FDA nods, here are six key updates in orthobiologics since Oct. 4.

From quarterly earnings updates to payment developments, here are 10 key developments from spine and orthopedic medtech companies since Nov. 6.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Christian Wood has developed soreness in his left knee in preparing for the season, which is expected to complicate his recovery from multiple surgeries, according to a Nov. 12 report from Hoops Rumors.