From evolving population health initiatives to increased risk-sharing and the shift toward outpatient care, three orthopedic leaders discuss how care delivery is changing:
Author: Alan Condon
Private equity firms continue to tap into the orthopedic industry in 2021.
Cybersecurity breaches are becoming more common among physician practices in addition to hospitals and health systems. In 2020, healthcare data breaches increased 55.1 percent to 599, with 37 out of 50 states reporting more breaches in 2020 than in 2019.
The Joint Commission has reaccredited Danville, Ky.-based Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center for spine surgery and total hip and knee replacement.
Two new publicly traded orthopedic device companies are expected to enter the market in 2022, according to announcements from Zimmer Biomet and Colfax Corp. in the last month:
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Michele Brinkman, chief operating officer of Albany-based OrthoNY since 2017, has been appointed interim CEO of the practice, the Albany Business Review reported March 12.
From the rise of robots to the use of big data and a move away from hospital-owned practices, changes in the field of spine surgery will be very evident by 2030, six spine surgeons predict.
Becker's has reported on three spine centers that opened or have been announced in the past month:
Nonprofit health system St. Luke's has opened a spine center in Duluth, Minn.
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Group's Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, performed a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with two implants recently relaunched by device company Spinal Elements.