The call can come while Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, is seeing a patient. At other times, it interrupts an operation. Dr. Oyelese has stepped out of examination rooms and scrubbed out of surgical procedures to join peer-to-peer reviews with insurers.…
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Healthcare consumers no longer benchmark their experiences against other hospitals. They benchmark them against every digital experience they have — banking, retail, travel, entertainment — and they expect the same convenience, transparency, personalization and seamless communication from their care. Most…
Sep 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Veronique Au, MD, National Physician Director, Ambulatory Medicine Vituity
- Michael Antoniades, President, Ingalls Memorial Hospital UChicago Medicine
- Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., President, Oregon Health & Science University
- Hazelin H.L. Ngan, MHA, MA, CPXP, CPHQ, LSSBB, PMP, Chief Experience Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
- Dwight W. McBee MBA, BSN, RN, CPXP, Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer, RWJ Barnabas Health
New robots, navigation platforms and AI tools continue to enter the market. But as reimbursement falls behind the cost of care, spine leaders are raising the bar for what is worth the investment. Spine’s technology pipeline is not slowing. A…
Surgeons at Atrium Health’s Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., completed the first clinical uses of medtech company Pulmera’s CBeam 3D Imaging Platform. The three spine fusion procedures included two multilevel transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions and one multilevel posterior C2-C6 fusion.…
Providence Medical Technology, a spinal technology company, has appointed Lane Major as president and CEO. Mr. Major also joined the company’s board of directors, according to an Aug. 6 Providence news release. He most recently served as CEO of Zavation…
Orthopedic medtech company Meduloc has closed $4 million in series B financing. The funding will support Meduloc’s controlled alpha launch, generation of clinical evidence and development of commercial infrastructure, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the company. Meduloc…
Orthofix Medical raised its full-year 2026 net sales and adjusted EBITDA guidance after reporting second-quarter sales growth across its spine, limb reconstruction and therapeutic solutions businesses. The company reported second-quarter net sales of $210.9 million, up 4% year over year…
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has acquired fellow Fort Myers provider Gardner Orthopedics, expanding its orthopedic and musculoskeletal care services across the region. All 75 Gardner Orthopedics employees, including five physicians, nurses, physical therapists, medical assistants and administrative staff, joined…
New York has more hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-2027 list of the nation’s top hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery than any other state, with 10 of the 50 ranked spots. California follows with eight, and Florida rounds…
Spine and orthopedic practices have two Medicare payment rules moving through the comment process at once this fall, both with direct implications for how procedures get reimbursed starting Jan. 1. Here are the key dates to track: CMS released the…