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Private equity is a huge influence in many sectors of the healthcare industry, and orthopedics are no exception.

The ongoing move from fee-for-service to value-based care, pain management and evolving clinical guidelines are three trends that leaders in the orthopedic and healthcare industries are currently following.

While private equity funding can support the growth of practices and enhance efficiency, some surgeons see potential drawbacks, including negative influence on research and conflict between partners.

There are many factors that contribute to how much surgeons make each year, including cost of living and practice setting.

Spine and orthopedic experts this year spoke with Becker's Spine Review about topics from physician shortages to long-term practice strategies.

Nicholas Grosso, MD, said he hopes the physician-payer relationship can evolve to be more cooperative than adversarial. The mindset is one of the tools that he hopes will strengthen The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.

In his time at Bethesda, Md.-based Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, Nicholas Grosso, MD, has found physician exits to be rare.  

From the effects of weight loss drugs to the trajectory of spinal oncology, here are three big predictions from spine and orthopedic leaders.

Stephen Holtzclaw, MD, has spent the beginning of his year getting to know the people behind U.S. Orthopaedic Partners. The emergency medicine physician was named CEO of the management services organization, and he wants to help the MSO thrive.

About a decade ago, Yu-Po Lee, MD, made the decision to move from the University of California San Diego to the University of California Irvine. He shared the factors that went into that decision, along with advice for other spine…