Medicare improperly paid an estimated $15.2 million for sacroiliac joint injection sessions that did not meet Medicare requirements between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024, according to an Aug. 5 report from HHS’ Office of Inspector General. The OIG…
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Steven Shannon, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health, had his physician license revoked for at least two years and was ordered to pay $20,000 following sexual harassment allegations, according to an Aug. 4 news release from…
U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-27 Best Hospitals rankings Aug. 4. The rankings for orthopedics evaluated nearly 1,000 hospitals nationwide that provide care for spinal surgeries and fusions, joint replacement, limb preservation and other musculoskeletal and connective tissue…
Alphatec Holdings reported total revenue of $214 million for the second quarter ended June 30, up 15% year over year. Surgical revenue increased 17% year over year to $196 million, driven by 20% growth in spine surgery case volume. Despite…
Adults with Type 2 diabetes who initiated glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists had a 21% lower risk of fragility fractures over three years than those who started dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, according to a study published July 24 in JAMA. Researchers at…
Payment integrity has long been constrained by audit capacity and review quality. When teams only audit what they’re staffed to handle and consistency varies widely across reviewers, it’s difficult to measure true hit rates or maintain quality at scale. AI…
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- Shri Santhanam, Chief Product Officer, Machinify
- Emma Nasif, Chief Legal Officer, Machinify
- Vijay Bharadwaj, Chief AI Scientist, Machinify
The most important question in outpatient spine surgery is not what surgeons can do. It is what they should do. Krishna Satyan, MD, a neurosurgeon at Dallas Neurosurgical & Spine, sees a meaningful distinction between the two. Over the past…
Stryker’s spine business keeps shrinking while its ASC business keeps growing. Here’s what that means. The company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings, reported July 30, provide a snapshot of two forces reshaping the company’s strategy moving forward: its exit from spinal implants…
Miami-based HCA Florida Mercy Hospital has added James Boddu, MD, to its medical staff. Dr. Boddu is a neurosurgeon with HCA Florida Biscayne Bay Neurosurgery and Spine. He specializes in complex minimally invasive spine and reconstructive spinal deformity care, according…
CMS’s expanding RADV audit activity is changing the economics of risk adjustment. The question is no longer whether organizations can optimize retrospective chart chase. The question is whether their operating model can withstand continuous audit scrutiny at enterprise scale. Retrospective…
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