An operation can go exactly as planned and still become a bad surgical episode. The patient leaves the hospital, then falls at home. Pain or swelling sends them to the emergency department. A rehabilitation stay stretches longer than expected. A…
Author: Sophie Eydis
A proposed Medicare rule could cut physician reimbursement for total hip and knee replacement procedures by 20% in 2027, the OrthoForum warned. The alliance represents 96 independent orthopedic practices and more than 4,100 physicians nationally. The group said the CMS…
Michael Shuler, MD, a hand and upper-extremity surgeon at Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic can perform an endoscopic carpal tunnel release in as little as five minutes. The incision is about 1 centimeter long. Patients typically wear a soft dressing for…
The next major failure in spine care may not begin in the operating room. It could begin when a patient in a smaller market cannot find a surgeon nearby. It could deepen when an insurer delays imaging, therapy or an…
The Health Care Transformation Task Force released a case study on a value-based musculoskeletal care model developed by Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, Health Alliance Plan by Henry Ford Health and Protera Health, an independent digital health company. The model improved…
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Aurora Spine and CornerLoc formed a strategic commercial alliance to expand physician access to minimally invasive spine and sacroiliac joint technologies across the U.S. The partnership combines Aurora Spine’s portfolio of minimally invasive spine technologies, manufacturing capabilities and regulatory resources…
Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes acquired Expanding Innovations, a developer of expandable implants for spine surgery, expanding its position in the growing expandable interbody cage market. Expanding Innovations’ portfolio includes its X-PAC expandable interbody cages for transforaminal and lateral lumbar…
Gabriele Jasper, MD, founder of the Jasper Spine Institute in Brick Township, N.J., died in a plane crash July 13 in upstate New York. He was 70, according to a July 15 Jersey Shore Online report. Dr. Jasper was piloting…
Cleveland Clinic will incorporate a neurological assessment center into its new Neurological Institute building, scheduled to open in early 2027, to collect standardized measures of patients’ neurological function during routine outpatient visits. The center will use markerless motion capture, manual…
The House Committee on Ways and Means unanimously advanced bipartisan legislation July 15 that would modernize prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage, a measure backed by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The Improving Seniors’…