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Spine's defining metric | Orthopedic pay breaks $600K | Mayo gets a new orthopedic hub | 2 bills, 2 futures | What physician signing bonuses really look like

Plus: Early results for an experimental spine biologic July 24, 2026 1. Spine’s most critical business metric Full story 2. Orthopedics breaks the $600K pay barrier Full story 3. Nobody sees the ASC policy map like William Prentice. The CEO of the Ambulatory…

Spine's adopt-now moment | CMS finds Medicare Advantage workaround | Stryker reaches patent truce | Orthopedics' consolidation warning | The private equity debate plot twist

Plus: The spine model challenging fragmented care July 23, 2026 1. ‘If you don’t adopt, you will get lost in the dust’: Spine’s technology reckoning Full story 2. Boston Scientific, Stryker call a truce in spine patent battle Full story 3.…

Orthopedics' insurance rebellion | Medtech lawsuits hit spine's biggest names | The cost problem hiding in plain sight | Physician bankruptcies are piling up | What orthopedic surgeons are earning now

Plus: A $30M bet on the future of orthopedic biologics July 22, 2026 1. Orthopedics tests a future beyond payers Full story 2. 4 medtech giants sued over spinal cord stimulators Full story 3. Can a tight budget still earn real loyalty?…

The real cost of disconnected care | Zimmer Biomet's trade secret war | The No. 1 reason spine surgery fails | Fusion's newest challenger | The complexity myth erased

Plus: Orthopedics’ biggest legal battles July 21, 2026 1. The real cost of disconnected spine care Full story 2. Zimmer Biomet accuses former exec of stealing trade secrets Full story 3. Explore Infuse™ bone graft. Now for TLIF. Click to learn…

Spine surgeons brace for pay cuts | FDA recalls spinal anesthesia kits | A $4.6M kickback settlement | The real cost behind the $1M robot | Orthopedics' unsolved bottleneck

Plus: Congress’ latest Medicare pay push July 20, 2026 1. ‘We have seen this movie before’: Spine surgeons brace for CMS cuts Full story 2. The $1M orthopedic robot isn’t the real investment Full story 3. 7 Key Takeaways from…

The hidden cost of preserving motion | Medtronic's $650M pain play | Orthopedics' 30-day cliff | The 20% cut coming for joint replacement | The 1 word defining healthcare's future

Plus: Why orthopedics should buy outcomes, not AI July 17, 2026 1. Dr. Daniel Riew on the hidden risk of preserving motion Full story 2. Medtronic closes $650M peripheral nerve stimulation deal Full story 3. Most denials start before the claim. See…

Spine's progress problem | Surgeon dies in plane crash | The truth about Medicaid fraud cuts | The $15K MSK model hospitals want | Cleveland Clinic's next neuroscience bet

Plus: the spinal implant making its U.S. debut July 16, 2026 1. Spine care is advancing while the system around it falls behind Full story 2. Spine surgeon dies in New York plane crash Full story 3. Explore Infuse™ bone graft. Now…

CMS rewrites the orthopedic business model | Spine's new blueprint | The $100M strategy orthopedics is borrowing | The race to own musculoskeletal data | Outpatient's next growth wave

Plus: The new formula behind top orthopedic programs July 15, 2026 1. CMS’ Medicare overhaul could cut orthopedic, spine payments beyond 1.68% Full story 2. The new blueprint for spine surgery Full story 3. Kyocera Medical announces the commercial launch and…

Spine's reimbursement paradox | The tech taking on $1.5M robots | Rothman's next growth move | Why orthopedic surgeons are still betting on ASCs | The PE question every ASC owner will face

Plus: Neurosurgery’s new national leader July 14, 2026 1. The smaller spine operation exists. The incentive does not Full story 2. The technology challenging the $1.5M spine robot Full story 3. Don’t let denial backlogs eat up your team’s afternoons.…

Spine's next bottleneck isn't in the OR | Physician charged in $20M kickback scheme | Spinal fusion's new burden of proof | 6 spine, orthopedic biologics coming in 2026 | CMS' ASC rule: who gains, who gets cut

Plus: The spine devices costing thousands with a fading benefit July 13, 2026 1. Spine’s next bottleneck is here, and it’s outside the OR Full story 2. Physician among charged in $20M kickback, unnecessary prescription scheme Full story 3. AI’s role…

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