As spine practices face mounting reimbursement pressure, surgeons are looking more closely at opportunities to strengthen financial performance without compromising patient care. Five spine surgeons discuss the areas they say practices may be overlooking, from nonoperative care and coding to…
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Bloomington-based Indiana University named Jim Lancaster CEO and principal investigator of the NSF Impact Engine in Indiana. Mr. Lancaster will direct the initiative’s strategic vision, daily operations and integrated activities across Indiana’s orthopedic ecosystem, according to a Sept. 14 news…
Regentis Biomaterials has treated 43 of 80 patients in its pivotal U.S. trial evaluating GelrinC, a hydrogel implant for focal articular knee cartilage injuries. The company now expects to complete full enrollment on or around the end of 2026, compared…
Some of the possibilities Theresa Williamson, MD, sees emerging in neurotechnology still sound like science fiction. Researchers are working on implanted devices that can record signals around a spinal cord injury and stimulate the nervous system with the goal of…
Spine surgeons can operate on patients today who might not have been considered surgical candidates years ago. The harder question is determining which of them should be. As patients live longer with diabetes, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions,…
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Orthopedic surgeons across the U.S. are advancing the specialty through clinical innovation, research, education and leadership across a wide range of subspecialties. The 20 surgeons featured below represent academic medical centers, health systems and independent practices, with expertise spanning orthopedic…
AI may eventually help orthopedic surgeons decide who should undergo surgery and predict how patients will fare afterward. Eric Cohen, MD, an adult reconstruction surgeon at University Orthopedics and director of The Miriam Total Joint Center in Providence, R.I., isn’t…
A contract dispute set to push Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics out of Highmark Blue Shield’s Pennsylvania network Oct. 1 has escalated into a broader fight over out-of-network physician assistants and the federal process designed to resolve certain payment disputes without putting…
Zimmer Biomet proposed cutting 580 jobs at its manufacturing plant in Winterthur, Switzerland, as part of a restructuring plan, according to a Sept. 10 report from MassDevice. The company has begun a works council collective consultation to evaluate alternatives and…
The hardest spine operations can require extensive planning, hours in the operating room and significant resources before and after surgery. But the systems that pay for that care do not always recognize what makes one case substantially more complex than…