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The case against spinal fusion | Endoscopy hits a training bottleneck | The 'hamster wheel' trapping surgeons | 3 devicemakers back new CMS fusion codes | Tommy John surgery's biggest unknown

Plus: Globus makes an AI acquisition August 27, 2026 1. ‘It’s absolutely my default operation’: The case against spinal fusion Full story 2. Endoscopic spine demand is outpacing surgeon training Full story 3. L&K Spine Announces First Surgical Use of BluEX-C Expandable Cervical…

The fight for control of spine care | 3 spine codes face CMS cuts | 25 orthopedic surgeons on the move | Surgery group hit by data breach | The surgeon shortage takes shape

Plus: What the 90-day spine follow-up misses August 26, 2026 1. How spine surgeons are losing control of patient care Full story 2. 6 signs the spine surgeon shortage is taking shape Full story 3. Where does the surgery center sector…

Spine's Medicare breaking point | Whistleblower suit spurs $2.4M settlement | The hardest decision in spine | Robots face an outcomes test | Instagram enters the exam room

Plus: The ASC squeeze inside CMS’ joint replacement push August 25, 2026 1. The Medicare breaking point for spine surgeons Full story 2. Why more data isn’t solving spine’s hardest decision Full story 3. Your clinicians are already using AI. The…

Spine's referral crisis | Drug error prompts change of spine med protocols | Complex cases hit a breaking point | FDA halts gene therapy | CMS squeezes small practices

Plus: A new benchmark for minimally invasive spine August 24, 2026 1. Spine surgeons sound alarm on delayed referrals Full story 2. Complex spine surgery hits a financial breaking point Full story 3. Your protocols were followed — and the spine positioning…

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…