More spine surgeons are questioning whether insurance contracts still make financial sense as reimbursement declines, administrative burdens grow and practice costs continue to climb. Three surgeons discuss the math behind going out of network, and what ultimately tips the decision.…
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George Paletta, MD, who spent about 20 years as the St. Louis Cardinals’ team physician, is suing Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy over $182,500 in unpaid compensation, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a summons filed July 23 in St. Louis…
Medtech companies SpineGuard and Omnia Medical have received a notice of allowance for a patent application covering guidance technology for sacroiliac joint fusion. The patent describes the application of SpineGuard’s Dynamic Surgical Guidance tissue-differentiating feedback technology to the positioning of…
Monterey, Calif.-based Elevation Spine, a spinal medtech company, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for Saber-C AVIA, a complete anterior cervical fixation system. Saber-C AVIA is designed as a zero-profile anterior cervical discectomy and fusion construct and includes a…
Zimmer Biomet has established itself as one of the largest players in the orthopedic medtech space and has strengthened its position with several high-profile acquisitions. On top of its acquisitions, in June 2026 the company secured $2.75 billion through two…
Spine surgery is being reshaped less by any single technology than by a collision of forces: a federal payment system rewriting where operations happen, payers tightening what they will cover and a specialty under growing pressure to prove its results. …
When health systems and organizations push for new ways to grow revenue — through opening new locations, launching additional service lines or scheduling more visits — surgeons can push back. Management can earn surgeon buy-in through a number of different…
This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience. At many infusion centers, nurse schedules are built on tradition rather than data, leaving teams stretched thin on busy days and overstaffed on slow ones. As patient volumes rise…
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- Amanda Carbray, Clinic Operations Manager, Hartford HealthCare
- Betsy Hlavac, Clinical Operations Manager, Ambulatory Infusion & Medical Oncology, Hartford HealthCare
Prior authorization has been consistently identified by clinicians and administrators alike as a significant burden to surgical care and ASC workflows. Ninety-three percent of physicians reported that PA can cause care delays at least some of the time, according to…
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…