Northwell Health opened the Northwell Spine Institute at Lenox Hill in New York City, according to an April 9 news release. The $6.3 million facility is 11,500 square feet and brings togetherorthopedics, sports medicine, neurosurgery, and physical medicine and rehabilitation…
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Here are five updates to know from orthopedic medtech giant Smith+Nephew from the first quarter of 2026, as reported by Becker’s:
Revenue cycle teams are under pressure — and adding more labor isn’t the answer. Healthcare organizations are being asked to reduce administrative burden, improve financial performance and modernize operations all at once. But for many leaders, separating meaningful AI innovation…
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Brittany Rambino
Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management, Ambry Genetics
Kyle Fetter
Chief Operating Officer, XiFin, Inc.
Jeff Carmichael
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Analytics, and AI, XiFin, Inc.
For more than a decade, Maryland has occupied a rare place in American healthcare as a proving ground for reform, going beyond mere participation. The state’s all-payer model, built on hospital global budgets and standardized pricing, was designed to answer…
For most specialties, more than half of compensation is based on salary, but orthopedic surgeons mostly rely on productivity shares, according to the American Medical Association’s “AMA Policy Research Perspectives Report.” The AMA’s report includes 2024 data from the AMA’s…
Highridge Medical and Waypoint Orthopedics have partnered to distribute the Waypoint GPS system for pedicle screw placement, according to an April 9 news release. The Waypoint GPS is a disposable single-use pedicle probe that uses color-sensing technology to identify the…
Orthofix has eliminated the president of global spine solutions as part of realignment efforts, the company said April 9. Key spine leaders will now report directly to Orthofix CEO Massimo Calafiore, according to a news release. The realignment is designed…
Of the more than 200 orthopedic ASCs on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, more than 80 are in the South. The full list of all ranked ASCs is here. Here are the top spine and orthopedic ASCs in the South.…
Neurosurgeon Alexander Küffer, MD, PhD, joined Tampa General Hospital Brooksville (Fla.), according to an April 7 LinkedIn post. Dr. Küffer has expertise in spinal deformities and cerebrovascular and skull base disorders. He earned his medical degree at the University of…
Todd Lanman, MD, and Joel Beckett, MD, have performed the first post-FDA-approval case using the Synergy Disc. They completed a three-level cervical disc replacement procedure five weeks after the device received premarket approval for single-level use from the C3-C7 vertebrae,…