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…
Author: Sophie Eydis
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…
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Athletes today, whether professional, collegiate or recreational, want care that restores them quickly and keeps them competitive. Those expectations are pushing health systems to rethink everything from surgeon education to technology adoption to how they deliver consistent, high-value sports medicine…
Columbus, Ga.-based Hughston Clinic is partnering with Commure to implement the healthcare technology company’s enterprise AI platform across its orthopedic network. The rollout includes Commure’s revenue cycle management tools, ambient AI documentation tools and AI agents to support prior authorization,…
Value-based care has become one of the most pressing challenges, and opportunities, in orthopedic and spine surgery. Rising costs, increasing case complexity and shifting expectations from patients and payers are forcing health systems to rethink how they deliver care long…
Phoenix-based Banner Health’s Wyoming Medical Center in Casper plans to reopen its east campus in January 2026 as a specialty hospital for orthopedic care. The $6 million renovation includes four upgraded operating rooms, 37 inpatient beds, full imaging and lab…
University Orthopedics’ East Bay Surgery Center in East Providence, R.I., has become the first site in the state to implant a closed-loop spinal cord stimulator. Shiqiang “Chris” Tian, MD, an interventional pain specialist at University Orthopedics, performed the outpatient procedure…