Hospitals are looking for new ways to compete with ASCs as outpatient migration continues across the orthopedic space.

Forbes' 35th annual list of the world's richest people in 2021 includes Gary Michelson, MD, a retired spine surgeon with a net worth of $1.7 billion.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming added Mark Ryzewicz, MD, to its board of directors, Powell Tribune reported April 6.

Spine surgeon Jay Khanna, MD, MBA, has been named to three leadership positions in Washington, D.C. by Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, according to the company. 

Seven orthopedic practices in New Jersey are merging to form Ortho Alliance NJ.

The FDA has approved NuVasive's Simplify cervical artificial disc for two-level total disc replacement.

Medical device company SeaSpine expects to see first-quarter revenue up to $42 million.

The first two spinal surgery cases with TheraCell's TheraFuze DBF Fiber Bag were completed in Illinois and Texas.

Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine is doubling down on a longstanding partnership with The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati to expand neurosurgery care in the region.

From Rothman Orthopaedics to Twin Cities Orthopedics, here are seven orthopedic centers opened or announced in the past month:

The information of more than 125,000 people had been exposed for a year by the time Bethesda, Md.-based Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics found that it had been the victim of a cyberattack this year, the centers recently informed patients and members of its employee health plan.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the marketing and sale of an Aegis Spine line of products.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit April 2 accusing Medtronic of violating the False Claims Act by misrepresenting select spine devices to the FDA for clearance.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons named Peter Rose, MD, as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the AAOS.

In March, Orlando (Fla.) Health appointed longtime executive Carlos Carrasco president of Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, a $250 million project that recently broke ground.

From smaller practices joining larger organizations to collaborations with local hospitals, here are 6 orthopedic partnerships that made headlines in the past month:

Two professors from West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University developed a shoulder implant that uses a patient's stem cells to help repair the rotator cuff.

From a Google executive shaking up a spine company and a Walmart leader joining Medtronic, here are seven leadership changes announced in the orthopedic device industry in the past month:

While many surgical procedures have been steadily migrating from the inpatient to outpatient setting in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend.

Steven Cyr, MD, a Mayo Clinic-trained spine surgeon, has completed a second fellowship in cosmetic surgery with Wilbur Hah, MD, president of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery.