Site-neutral payment is emerging as one of the most consequential Medicare reforms for musculoskeletal care. By equalizing reimbursement across hospital outpatient departments, ASCs and physician offices, policymakers aim to reduce spending, but orthopedic leaders warn the consequences for practice economics,…
Author: Sophie Eydis
As Medicare reimbursement continues to fall while costs rise, orthopedic practices are confronting the most challenging margin environment in more than a decade, one that is influencing consolidation, altering surgeon participation in Medicare and reshaping the future of musculoskeletal care.…
A physician at Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital in Wichita has completed the state’s first shoulder replacement using Stryker’s Mako SmartRobotics system. Damion Walker, DO, performed the procedure Nov. 6, according to a Dec. 1 news release shared with Becker’s.…
Orthopedics is entering a pivotal period as outpatient migration accelerates, new technologies reshape surgical workflows and musculoskeletal demand surges. Five forces in particular are slated to influence orthopedic care delivery heading into 2026: 1. Single-specialty centers gain momentum: Orthopedic ASCs…
Spine biologics companies are navigating unprecedented commercial pressure and accelerating technological change. As demand for regenerative solutions grows and competition intensifies, leaders are forming strategic partnerships to strengthen distribution channels, advance product pipelines and meet surgeon expectations. The pace of…
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Melville, N.Y.-based BioRestorative Therapies has secured a Type B meeting with the FDA to discuss an accelerated approval path for its fast-track-designated BRTX-100 program for chronic lumbar disc disease. The meeting is scheduled for mid-December. In a Nov. 17 news…
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery received a $10 million gift from Lauren and Robert Steers to advance the HSS Digital Twin Platform, a technology that uses 3D imaging to create virtual replicas of a patient’s anatomy for orthopedic…
As spine and orthopedic procedures continue shifting outpatient, ASCs are managing rising case complexity, new technology expectations and tighter demands around patient experience and financial performance. During Becker’s 31st Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs in Chicago, four…
When elite athletes walk into an orthopedics clinic after a major injury, they sometimes find the road to pain minimization and restored peak performance to be a forked path. For Prem Ramkumar, MD, medical director of technology and clinical innovation…
Orthopedic surgeons say the most complicated part of delivering care today is not surgery — it is navigating the administrative layers behind it, from prior authorization hurdles to performance metric overload and bundled payment programs. Question: What’s the one part…