A Missouri spine surgeon and a Kansas medical device distributor were sentenced for their roles in a kickback scheme involving spinal implants sold by SpineFrontier. Jason Montone, DO, of Lawson, Mo., was sentenced to one year of supervised release and…
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Johnson & Johnson and Smith & Nephew were nearing a $34 billion deal to combine their orthopedic businesses before disagreements over who would lead the merged company derailed negotiations, according to an Oct. 23 Financial Times report. The companies had…
For independent orthopedic surgeons, owning a surgery center was once a way to get ahead. Increasingly, it may be the only way to keep up. As physician reimbursement declines and the cost of running a practice continues to climb, Justin…
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Upstate Medical University has named Craig Rabb, MD, interim chair of its department of neurosurgery. Dr. Rabb has served as professor and chair of neurological surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine and system chair of neurosurgery for…
Whether to keep seeing Medicare patients, which technologies are worth the investment and how much complex care to move into ASCs are among the hardest calls spine, orthopedic and pain care leaders expect to make in 2027. The leaders featured…
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Mark Schultzel, MD, is hardly a skeptic of surgical innovation. He uses augmented reality in the operating room, has helped develop minimally invasive surgical technology and believes AI could transform hospital efficiency. But when it comes to one of orthopedics’…
The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery has selected Gregory Guyton, MD, as president for its 2026-2027 term, along with four other officers and three board members. Dr. Guyton serves as director of the foot and ankle division at MedStar Union…
Theodore Koreckij, MD, has reached a familiar crossroads for successful spine surgeons: His practice has more room to grow, but his schedule does not. “I’m sort of capped out,” Dr. Koreckij, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City…
A broken hip is rarely just a broken hip. For older patients, it can signal a broader decline in health, with complications that become more dangerous the longer surgery is delayed. Yet for decades, hospitals routinely kept these patients waiting…
The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery is calling for updated insurance coverage policies to reflect advances in spinal fusion bone graft technologies while preserving surgeons’ authority to select graft materials. The society’s 2026 bone graft policy update…