Providers spend more than $31 billion a year just dealing with claim denials. That financial leakage isn’t just a billing issue. It’s an operational risk — and one that’s layered on top of evolving payer rules, regulatory complexity and staff…
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The Philadelphia 76ers are optimistic that center Joel Embiid will return to play for the 2025 to 2026 season following his second knee surgery in under two years, according to a June 26 report from Sports Illustrated. Jonathan Glashow, MD,…
Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, is celebrating 80 years of its orthopedic surgery residency program. The program is the oldest orthopedic surgery residency program in New Jersey, according to a June 25 news release. It…
Generative AI isn’t on the horizon — it’s already here, influencing decisions from the C-suite to the bedside. A new Becker’s Healthcare and Microsoft survey of 150 healthcare leaders reveals how executives are deploying AI across strategy, documentation and clinical…
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Ambiguous responsibilities for cleaning and equipment handling are costing hospitals more than time. They’re risking compliance, delaying care and compromising safety. In this session, infection prevention and operations experts break down how instructions for use (IFU) misalignment across healthcare teams…
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Brooke Hossfeld, MPH, CIC, MLS (ASCP)CM
Infection Prevention Specialist, Sodexo Healthcare
Scott Varnum
VP Operations, HTM, Sodexo Healthcare
Aclarion has enrolled its first patients in a clinical trial designed to reduce back pain at the Texas Back Institute in Plano. The chronic low back pain randomized independent trial study (CLARITY) will aim to prove the effectiveness of Nociscan’s…
OssDesign’s Catalyst nanosynthetic bone graft putty saw an 88.4% fusion rate in highly complex spine patients, according to results from its Propel study. The data comes from the first 108 patients in its Propel study, according to a June 26…
Greg Merrell, MD, of Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy was named as the next editor-in-chief of The Journal of Hand Surgery, the practice said June 25. Dr. Merrell’s clinical focus includes wrist arthritis, fracture care and minimally invasive upper extremity procedures, according to…
The first cases using Velys Spine were completed at Mayo Clinic Rochester (Minn.) and Medical City Frisco (Texas), Johnson & Johnson Medtech said in a June 26 LinkedIn post. Isador Liberman, MD, and Arjun Sebastian, MD, performed the debut surgeries.…
Daniel Choi, MD, performed the first Barricaid annular closure implantation with an endoscopic approach, Intrinsic Therapeutics said June 26. Dr. Choi used Amplify Surgical’s dualPortal system for the surgery and performed the case at Gramercy Surgery Center in New York…
