Financial pressure, shifting patient expectations, regulatory burden and workforce shortages are forcing leaders to ask a direct question: which service lines should we expand, reduce or reinvent to stay relevant in the years ahead? Declining market share and a shifting…
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Spinal Elements has launched Luna Ti, a new transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion implant. The device combines the company’s Luna XD implant design with a titanium-integrated surface that aims to maintain the imaging benefits of polyetheretherketone while adding the potential bone growth…
For many health systems, fragmented emergency notification workflows delay response times, limit visibility across facilities and leave safety trends hidden until after an incident. As organizations grow, siloed reporting compounds the problem and the operational cost lands on both staff…
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Advances in robotics, minimally invasive procedures, sports medicine, joint preservation and fracture care are reshaping orthopedic surgery. Across the country, a new generation of orthopedic surgeons is driving those advances by improving patient outcomes, advancing clinical research and training the…
The biggest forces reshaping spine aren’t happening only in the operating room. They’re unfolding in Medicare payment rules, outpatient migration, prior authorization and outcomes data. These 10 figures, drawn from Becker’s reporting, explain where the specialty is currently heading in…
Health systems and physician-led pain and spine platforms are both acquiring independent spine practices in 2026, and the pace picked up in July. Financial terms were not disclosed in any of the practice transactions below. Here are six deals and…
Spinal technology company VB Spine has received two 510(k) clearances from the FDA to expand the indications for its Vitoss Bone Graft Substitute and interbody cage portfolio. The new clearances allow the Vitoss substitute to be used in the intervertebral…
Alphatec Spine, a spinal device company, is the sole remaining defendant in a product liability lawsuit alleging one of its pedicle screws fractured during a November 2023 spinal fusion at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, leaving broken hardware inside…
Orthopedic practices are appearing with notable frequency on data breach disclosures — and the settlements are steep. Five orthopedic groups alone disclosed incidents or resolved class-action lawsuits in the past 100 days, with payouts reaching as high as $4 million. …
A few years ago, Omar Rahman, MD, rarely heard the word “peptide” in an orthopedic exam room. Now patients arrive asking about BPC-157, TB-500 and growth-hormone-related compounds after hearing about them from friends, podcasts, Reddit threads or social media. They…
