Sophie Eydis

Wayne, N.J.-based University Spine Center sued UnitedHealthcare July 24, alleging the insurer failed to pay $226,477.60 awarded through the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process. The dispute involves out-of-network medical and surgical services provided to three UnitedHealthcare members in…

Influence Healthcare signed a letter of intent to sublease and ultimately assume the master lease of a specialty hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area focused on spine and orthopedic surgery. The 24,000-square-foot facility has four operating rooms and is expected…

Spine surgery is moving outpatient quickly, but the hospital is not disappearing from the equation. Lumbar fusions, cervical disc replacements and endoscopic procedures that once routinely required hospitalization are increasingly being performed in ASCs. The harder question now is where…

For decades, spinal fusion was a familiar answer for degenerative disease requiring stabilization. That starting point is beginning to shift. Recent Becker’s reporting shows cervical disc replacement gaining ground, as long-term evidence matures, surgeons experimenting with hybrid constructs that combine…

UnitedHealthcare will eliminate prior authorization requirements for certain spine and elbow surgery CPT codes across Medicaid managed care plans in 16 states and the District of Columbia, effective Oct. 1. The changes cover many of the same codes across affected…

Stryker signed a definitive agreement to acquire ZuriMED, a privately held company that develops technology for rotator cuff repair. The acquisition will add ZuriMED’s FiberLocker System to Stryker’s shoulder care portfolio, according to an Aug. 31 news release. The technology…

Orthopedic medtech company Enovis entered into a binding offer to acquire eCential Robotics, expanding its surgical technology portfolio to include robotic automation. The deal carries an upfront enterprise value of about $180 million, plus up to $41 million in contingent…

Orthopedic trauma surgeons are trained to fix what is broken. Pain is expected to improve as the fracture stabilizes, swelling subsides and tissues heal. For many patients, it does. For some, it does not. Weeks after surgery, pain can become…

Baton Rouge (La.) General Medical Center opened Baton Rouge General Physicians – Orthopedics, expanding its surgical and orthopedic services. The clinic, led by orthopedic surgeon Austin Broussard, MD, offers orthopedic services for adult and adolescent patients, according to an Aug.…

For decades, orthopedic surgeons interested in serious clinical research largely faced a familiar choice. They could build a career inside an academic medical center, where research infrastructure and incentives already existed. Or they could enter private practice, gaining more autonomy…