Spine and orthopedic practices that use the federal Independent Dispute Resolution process to challenge out-of-network underpayments are about to see a significant fee reduction. HHS, CMS, the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury finalized a rule May…
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles uses an enhanced recovery protocol for pediatric patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery that aims to reduce pain, shorten hospital stays and speed recovery. The protocol is used for conditions including adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and combines preoperative…
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine is among a small number of U.S. health systems offering a newer hip replacement technique designed to reduce soft tissue trauma and accelerate recovery. The superior transverse atraumatic reconstruction approach, known as STAR, was developed in…
For many orthopedic practices across the U.S., the economics of Medicare are becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. According to Paul Bruning, president-elect of the American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives, shrinking Medicare reimbursement and rising operational costs are increasingly forcing independent…
On a recent morning in Fremont, Calif., a group of orthopedic surgeons stood crowded around operating rooms inside Washington Outpatient Surgery Center, scribbling notes as patients moved through hip and knee replacements with striking speed. Some had traveled from across…
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AiM Medical Robotics entered a collaboration agreement with technology company Siemens Healthineers to integrate its robotic neurosurgery platform with Siemens MRI systems. The interface will allow AiM’s MRI-compatible robotic stereotactic neurosurgery system to operate with Siemens Healthineers’ Magnetom MRI scanners,…
Atlantic Health Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center has named Harpal Khanuja, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery, according to a May 23 LinkedIn post. Dr. Khanuja previously served as chief of adult reconstruction and hip and knee replacement surgery at the Baltimore-based…
John Brady has a clear vision for where orthopedic care is headed, and it runs through the ASC. Mr. Brady, CEO of Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics, has made patient access and ASC expansion central to his leadership strategy since…
Medical students researching neurological surgery residencies tallied more than 18,000 views on the American Medical Association’s FREIDA database in 2025, spread across 122 accredited programs. Here are the 10 most-viewed neurological surgery residency programs, based on identified medical student activity…
Fremont, Calif.-based Washington Health has performed 1,000 robotic-assisted knee replacements using the Tmini miniature robotic system from Think Surgical and Zimmer Biomet’s Persona personalized knee system. The procedures were performed by Alexander Sah, MD, medical co-director of the Institute for…