CMS released its proposed CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on July 14, setting up another cycle of physician pay cuts, and for spine and orthopedic surgeons, the exposure goes well beyond the headline number. The proposal cuts the physician…
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For decades, the U.S. defined the future of spine surgery. Today, too often, we are watching that future unfold elsewhere. Many American spine surgeons recognize the experience. We return from international meetings having watched innovative procedures performed routinely abroad, only…
John Peloza, MD, has been a fellowship-trained spine surgeon for more than 30 years, long enough to have watched the specialty transform since the early 1990s. For most of his career, he has practiced with Midwest Orthopedic Spine Specialists in…
Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance shared plans June 24 to close its North Country Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center and its North Country Orthopaedic Group, both in Watertown, N.Y., in the next 30 to 90 days. The closures are part…
It is often said that the operating room minute is the most expensive unit of time in healthcare — but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily central to ASC profit margins. Michael Verdon, DO, a neurosurgeon and chief medical officer at…
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