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Spine's AR breakthrough | Orthopedic group founder dies | The lifeline for independent practice | CMS cuts 'punish' efficiency | $110M fraud scheme ends in prison

Plus: Mount Sinai returns as US Open partner August 21, 2026 1. The spine surgery tradeoff AR is breaking Full story 2. New York orthopedic practice founder dies Full story 3. How do you plan around outpatient policies you can’t predict?…

Spine's workforce breaking point | $5.2M false claims allegations | Surgeon operates 5 days after spine surgery | Medicare coding shakeup | The ASC surgeon pay war

Plus: ‘Head in the sand’ warning on CJR-X August 20, 2026 1. The workforce crisis exposing spine’s biggest flaw Full story 2. Chicago practice faces $5.2M false claims allegations Full story 3. A surgical positioning injury draws scrutiny. Does your…

20 spine surgeons to know | Civil rights pioneer dies | Where spine practices lose money | Medicare's spine squeeze | FDA fast-tracks sciatica therapy

Plus: AdventHealth fills a neurosurgery gap August 19, 2026 1. 20 spine surgeons to know Full story 2. Where spine practices are losing money Full story 3. Four organizations, one question: what’s worth the budget next year? Leaders from Regent…

Spine practices face a reckoning | Surgical implant billing under fire | Inside the No. 1 neurosurgery department | Spine surgeons in high demand | Why ASCs aren't sold on robots

Plus: New data on neurosurgery’s outpatient shift August 18, 2026 1. The financial reckoning facing spine practices Full story 2. Inside the nation’s No. 1 neurosurgery program Full story 3. Time-outs and protocols don’t catch every positioning risk in spine surgery.…

Spine's looming pay crisis | Tommy John dies at 83 | The hidden toll on spine surgeons | CJR-X 'race to the bottom' fears | $611K pay, 193% spine growth: 7 numbers to know

Plus: The pressure test for independent orthopedics August 17, 2026 1. The pay crisis coming for spine surgery Full story 2. Tommy John dies at 83: The surgery that changed orthopedics Full story 3. Your team did everything right. The positioning injury…

Endoscopic spine's reality check | Spine consolidation accelerates | AMA sued over Medicare codes | A new revenue playbook | Neurosurgery's make-or-break relationship

Plus: Why spine surgeons can’t stop being scientists August 14, 2026 1. The endoscopic spine boom is testing who can really deliver Full story 2. Where spine consolidation is accelerating Full story 3. Don’t let denial backlogs eat up your team’s…

What's keeping spine surgeons up at night | $15M spine surgery verdict | Orthopedics rethinks opioids | A yearslong legal battle ends | The elite neurosurgery formula

Plus: Mount Sinai neurosurgeon lands national role August 13, 2026 1. What’s keeping spine surgeons up at night Full story 2. Wellstar hit with $15M verdict in spine surgery patient death Full story 3. Your team did everything right. The…

Spine pay cuts loom | Lawsuit alleges unnecessary surgeries | Orthopedics ranks among wealthiest specialties | Neurosurgery's investment squeeze | Spine devices lose Medicare fast track

Plus: Abbott fights spinal cord stimulator lawsuits August 12, 2026 1. The spine pay cuts surgeons are watching Full story 2. Fraud lawsuit alleges unnecessary spine surgeries at New York hospital Full story 3. Stuck denial rates rarely trace to…

Spine's innovation shakeup | CFO sentenced in kickback scheme | Medicare cuts could force practice closures | UCSF's winning formula | What spine training leaves out

Plus: CMS pulls breakthrough device fast track August 11, 2026 1. What will survive spine surgery’s innovation boom? Full story 2. Spine device CFO sentenced for kickback scheme Full story 3. Nearly half of independent practices face rising denials. 2…

Independent spine's shrinking runway | Orthopedic pioneer dies | Spine robots' ROI problem | The $15K-per-case advantage | PE loopholes start to crack

Plus: California spine ASC closes August 10, 2026 1. The disappearing runway for independent spine Full story 2. Pioneering Duke orthopedic surgeon dies Full story 3. Dr. Terrence Crowder completes landmark 3-level ACDF at Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital. Learn…

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