Practice Management

The Joint Commission has awarded its "gold seal of approval" for advanced certification of total hip and knee replacement to the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn.

Dayton-based Orthopedic Associates of SW Ohio plans to move to a new office in the fall, Dayton Business Journal reported July 24.

Mayo Clinic Mankato (Minn.) began offering walk-in orthopedic and sports medicine services, KEYC News Now reported July 23.

Yogish Kamath, MD, opened a brain and spine surgery center in a former emergency care clinic in Wichita Falls, Texas, Wichita Falls Times Record News reported July 23.

From the growth of robotic technology to the increasing role artificial intelligence and machine learning will play in spine,  bold predictions about the future of the specialty are shared by two surgeons.

Gainesville, Fla.-based Orthopedic Care Partners has added an Arizona-based multispecialty orthopedic practice to its platform.

Pressure is mounting against plans for an orthopedic hospital in Delray Beach, Fla., and Palm Beach County commissioners are set to vote on it July 22.

U.S. Orthopaedic Partners struck its third deal in July and added North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic in Florence.

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end…

Spine surgeons are finding it increasingly difficult to get commercial payers to pay for spine-related inpatient services, and changing preauthorization hurdles continue to plague the specialty.