Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is settling allegations that it endangered patients and fraudulently billed federal healthcare programs for unnecessary spine surgeries. The settlement stems from spine surgeries performed by Jason Dreyer, DO, at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital and MultiCare Rockwood…
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Jared Ament, MD, strives to go beyond standard innovation in spine surgery and unlock new ways of thinking about care. But he said he’s faced some hurdles in spreading the word about his work. In 2025, Dr. Ament alongside Amir…
There are several spine measurements to know in spine care and research, but Philip Louie, MD, said he’s never seen any centralized place for physicians to fully understand them. So he said he built that himself with a new website,…
With more years in practice, spine surgeons say their threshold for recommending surgery has evolved toward discernment. Variables such as advances in outpatient techniques and anesthesia have shortened recoveries and expanded surgical options are also changing how these decisions are…
Spine medtech company Providence Medical Technology named Jim Hens as chief commercial officer, according to a Feb. 4 news release. Mr. Hens has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the spine industry and previously held leadership roles with…
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Hillsdale (Mich.) Spine Center, part of Hillsdale Hospital, completed its first artificial disc replacement, according to a Feb. 3 news release. Amritraj Loganathan, MD, completed Hillsdale’s first lumbar disc replacement, an alternative to spinal fusion. The hospital is the only…
Hao-Hua Wu, MD, performed with first case combining Orthofix’s Mariner deformity system with SMAIO’s KEOPS-4ME planning software and patient-specific K-rods, according to a Feb. 2 LinkedIn post. The milestone case was completed on Jan. 28. The Mariner deformity system is…
Los Angeles-based Source Healthcare has added Aclarion’s Nociscan AI tool for spine diagnostics, according to a Feb. 3 news release. Source Healthcare is an orthopedic and regenerative health clinic, with pain management physician Timothy Davis, MD, leading the facility. Nociscan…
Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif., reached a milestone 1,500 robot-assisted surgeries, and robot case volume increased 159% in 2025 year over year. HOI began performing robot-assisted surgery since 2021, and now there are 10 systems in use at the…
Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies began using Epic’s EMR system on Feb. 2, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Patients with the Fort Collins, Colo.-based practice will be able to use the OCR MyChart app to…