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Value-based care’s next phase: What Blue Shield of California is doing differently

Value-based care is entering a new phase and the health plans setting the pace are no longer focused on payment reform alone. They are building deeper partnerships with providers, putting clinical data to work and pursuing measurable gains in quality…

Aug 26, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

Presenters:

Laura Fox, Sr. Director, Payment Innovation, Blue Shield of California
Michael Meucci, President and CEO, Arcadia

Conmed records $152M in orthopedic sales during Q2: 5 things to know

Orthopedic and general surgery medtech company Conmed reported $152.3 million in orthopedic surgery sales during the second quarter of 2026, according to a July 29 news release from the company. Here are five things to know:

FDA clears Smith+Nephew's AI-powered arthroscopy platform

Smith+Nephew has received FDA de novo classification for its TESSA spatial surgery system, an AI-enabled navigation platform designed to assist surgeons during arthroscopic procedures. The system combines preoperative MRI or CT imaging with cloud-based AI to create patient-specific 3D anatomical…

Ohio State gets $1.2M grant to study spinal cord immunity

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine in Columbus received a $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to probe whether the spinal cord has its own ability to detect infection and direct the body’s…

Orthopedic & Spine Centers of Wisconsin's newly built ASC changes hands

Cypress Exchange Properties has acquired a newly built orthopedic and spine ASC in Middleton, Wis., which it will offer to accredited investors through a Delaware Statutory Trust program, CityBiz reported July 29. The roughly 12,000-square-foot facility has three operating rooms…

Dr. Todd Lanman's new surgery benchmark: Success measured in decades

Six days after undergoing another lumbar operation, Todd Lanman, MD, a spinal neurosurgeon at Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery, was already thinking beyond recovery. Not simply about when the soreness would subside, but about the question he increasingly asks…

‘Patients are consumers now’: HOPCo’s new Arizona CEO on where musculoskeletal growth goes next

The migration of musculoskeletal care out of the hospital and into outpatient, ambulatory and office-based settings has become one of the defining shifts in orthopedics. Increasingly, it is being driven not only by surgeons and payers but by patients who…

Always Ready, Every Stage: What the New CMS Survey Standard Means for HR — and How Leading Health Systems Are Preparing Now

A new CMS rule effective June 2027 eliminates any advance notice before accreditation surveys — closing the gap between what the standard has always required and what hospitals have been able to rely on in practice. Perpetual survey-readiness is no…

Sep 8, 2026 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CDT

Presenter:

Sunny Gahir, Manager, HR Compliance & Employee Experience Center, UCLA Health

Patients report reduced pain after cervical allograft applications: Study

Pensacola, Fla.-based Regenative Labs published an observational study in Medical Research Archives documenting reduced pain and increased quality of life in patient-reported outcomes for 31 individuals who received cryopreserved human umbilical cord tissue allograft applications for defects affecting the paraspinal…

Highmark to cover Mainstay Medical neurostimulation therapy

Highmark, a Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate, has established coverage for Mainstay Medical’s ReActiv8 restorative neurostimulation therapy for eligible members. The policy took effect July 27 and identifies ReActiv8 as the only therapy considered medically necessary under the policy when…