Author: Sophie Eydis

For all the complexity inherent to modern healthcare, Lucas Richie, MD, manages to describe his work with disarming clarity. As an orthopedic surgeon at Nashville, Tenn.-based Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics and chief medical officer of TailorCare, a musculoskeletal risk-based care navigation…

Jansen Harkins, a forward on the National Hockey League’s Anaheim (Calif.) Ducks, underwent hand surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a March 31 team news release.  The procedure was performed by David Hay, MD, an orthopedic…

The University of California, San Francisco Health’s department of orthopedic surgery has appointed Rajiv Sethi, MD, PhD, as chief of orthopedic spine surgery, co-director of the UCSF Spine Center and UCSF system medical director of value-based musculoskeletal initiatives, effective April…

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers have identified a “molecular switch” that may be capable of helping improve recovery after peripheral nerve or spinal cord injuries.  During the study, published in Nature, researchers found that…

Portland, Ore.-based Regenerative Orthopedic Center has acquired West Linn, Ore.-based ActiveEDGE Physical Therapy & Wellness Center, expanding its care model to include in-house rehabilitation services.  ActiveEDGE, founded in 2014, will operate under a new name, ROC Active–Orthopedic Rehabilitation. The integration…

Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD, has been appointed chair of the neurosurgery department at Jefferson Neurosurgery, part of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, according to a March 31 LinkedIn post.  Dr. Tjoumakaris previously served as interim chair and holds multiple leadership roles, including director…

Michael Kelly, MD, has joined the spine division in Stanford (Calif.) Medicine’s department of orthopedic surgery, according to a March 31 LinkedIn post.  Dr. Kelly has held leadership roles at San Diego-based Rady Children’s Hospital and St. Louis-based Washington University,…

Jonathan Schaffer, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and digital health leader at Cleveland Clinic, has died, according to a March 27 Linkedin post.  Dr. Schaffer spent more than 20 years at Cleveland Clinic, where he served as managing director of information…

UnitedHealthcare has expanded coverage to include medical device manufacturer Highridge Medical’s Tether, a vertebral body tethering system, effective April 1. The payer now considers vertebral body tethering “medically necessary” when performed with the Tether system. UnitedHealthcare’s decision is expected to…

Orthopedics is driving some of the fastest growth in ASCs, but for many operators, higher volume is not translating into stronger margins. Behind the shift of joint and spine cases into outpatient settings, ASC leaders say a range of hidden…