Since its formation in 2023, PELTO Health Partners has kept private practices as a top priority. This year the organization started a new program to further support its members and other physician groups nationwide. In February, PELTO began offering advisory…
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Neurosurgeons at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine have partnered with Good Samaritan Hospital, also in Cincinnati, to offer robotic imaging and navigation for spine surgery patients. Mayfield neurosurgeons Zachary Tempel, MD, and Michael Kachman, MD, began treating patients using the…
While spine surgeons undergo years of grueling training, long work hours and high-stress work days, some believe that the specialists face less favorability from the Medicare payment systems than physician specialties. A number of factors, including specialty and workplace, can…
Daniel Hatz, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs (Iowa), will now offer part-time services at CHI Health Missouri Valley (Iowa), according to a May 11 report from The Daily Nonpareil. Dr. Hatz now had two offices,…
Essentia Health will break ground on an orthopedic center in Baxter, Minn., on May 13. The 60,000-square-foot facility will offer orthopedic surgery consultations, podiatry, rheumatology, endocrinology, interventional pain care, sports medicine and diagnostic imaging, according to a May 9 press…
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics is planning a new two-story facility, according to a May 11 report from Chattanoogan.com. The facility will span 45,000 square feet, and the plan is set to be reviewed by the planning…
EDGe Surgical, which focuses on single-use digital spine and orthopedic instruments, named Leo Carayannopoulos as CEO. Mr. Carayannopoulos’ appointment comes shortly after the company raised $1.3 million in financing, according to a May 12 news release. The company’s flagship product…
Spine robotics have been an important tool for surgeons, and evolutions with multi-arm systems could transform the operating room drastically. Multi-arm surgical robots aren’t new in healthcare, but it’s something spine surgeons see potential in. In April the FDA cleared…
Plano-based Texas Back Institute is joining Aclarion’s Clarity trial for augmented intelligence spine diagnostics. The Clarity trial is examining the Nociscan diagnostic tool’s clinical and economic value in spine care, according to a May 12 news release. It is a…
Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital has opened a new spine and neurosurgery clinic in Madison, Ala., according to a May 8 report from CBS affiliate WHNT. The new practice will be led by neurosurgeon Thomas Ostergard, MD, and physiatrist Duncan Bralts, MD. …