Author: Claire Wallace

After retiring from the NFL, several former players have turned to careers in orthopedic and spine surgery or other specialties, with some even serving the teams they played for. 

The volume of orthopedic procedures occurring in the outpatient setting is now 33 times higher than the volume of procedures in the inpatient setting, according to an Oct. 26 "Strata and Syntellis Performance Trends" report, which reviewed data from 2,000…

While UnitedHealthcare has recently taken steps to remove several orthopedic and spine codes from its list of procedures requiring prior authorization, surgeons are not necessarily seeing positive outcomes from code removals. 

Integris Health Edmond (Okla.) Hospital has added a Stryker Mako robot for joint replacement procedures, according to a Nov. 2 report from The Journal Record.

Spine and dental devicemaker ZimVie has reported $202.9 million in third-party net sales in the third quarter of the year, down 4.9% from the third quarter of 2022. 

Nov. 1 marks a new wave of prior authorization code eliminations from UnitedHealthcare, which announced plans to drop prior authorization requirements by 20% in August. 

David Karli, MD, has opened an orthopedic regenerative medicine center focusing on bone marrow concentrate and micronized fat stem cell therapies in Miami, Fla.

Portugal-based orthopedic technology company PeekMed has established a formal subsidiary in the U.S. in Warsaw, Ind., which has earned the nickname "orthopedic capital of the world."

Former NFL star-turned-orthopedic surgeon Gregory Primus, MD, owner of the Chicago Center for Sports and Orthopedic Surgery, alleges that his practice is being evicted by the building housing the facility, according to an Oct. 31 report from The Chicago Crusader.

Bowen Hefley Orthopedics has broken ground on a new campus and medical building in Little Rock, Ark., according to an Oct. 31 report from Arkansas Business.