Author: Alan Condon

Orthopedic surgeons are among the specialists that are most named in malpractice lawsuits, with about half of all physicians sued at least once during their career, according to Medscape's "Malpractice Reports 2021."

After two weeks out with a neck injury, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will undergo an MRI on Dec. 13 at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Fansided reported.

From trends in physician compensation to emerging technologies and what's going on in the medical device industry, here are 11 observations on the spine industry in 2021:

Taking on risk-based contracts, expanding ancillary services and capitalizing on higher-acuity procedures such as spine surgery and joint replacement are among the biggest opportunities for growth in orthopedics.

The largest physician-owned orthopedic group in Georgia secured investment from a private equity firm Dec. 9, among a growing number of independent practices this year that looked for new ways to expand in a challenging healthcare environment.

Physicians are urging the Senate to pass a bill to avert billions of dollars in Medicare cuts from taking place Jan. 1.

A lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics of defrauding the government by advertising defective hip replacement devices has been scrapped after it was discovered that the plaintiffs misused confidential records, according to an order unsealed Dec. 8.

OrthoLoneStar will celebrate its one-year anniversary in January and has plans to capitalize on the current healthcare climate by adding more clinical locations and bolstering its value-based care strategy.

From spinning off its spine and dental units to the launch of its robot for partial knee replacements, here are eight key developments from devicemaker Zimmer Biomet this year:

A prominent surgical robot and a spinal allograft were among the products that have been recalled by medical device companies in the past year: