In Wyoming, driving three hours in one direction is not necessarily considered extraordinary. Charlie Robertson knows that firsthand. The longtime Wyoming resident and CEO of Casper (Wyo.) Orthopedics sometimes drives roughly three hours to Fort Collins, Colo., for something as…
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Florida has 2,117 orthopedic surgeons across 67 counties, but 19 counties lack a practicing orthopedic surgeon, according to a Sept. 4 study published in Cureus. Nonmetropolitan counties are home to just 19 of the state’s orthopedic surgeons — 0.9% of…
Bioretec received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its ActivaScrew Cannulated COM bioabsorbable compression screw. The clearance enables commercialization of the product in the U.S., according to a Sept. 5 news release. It covers fixation of bone and osteochondral fractures,…
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health is studying genicular artery embolization, a minimally invasive procedure, as a potential treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis. U of U Health recently began treating patients with GAE and is enrolling participants in…
Jeffrey Reuben, MD, an orthopedic surgeon based in Texas, has disclosed a data breach affecting 17,017 current and former patients, according to a Sept. 7 report from The HIPAA Journal. Dr. Reuben provided care to patients at NW Surgery in…
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Surgeons are holding MSO and health system partners to a different standard today than in the past, putting a new premium on transparency and flexibility. While organizations have the playbook down in the courtship phase, many fall short in their…
Osteoporosis has a timing problem. The disease can progress quietly for years, without pain or an obvious warning that sends someone to a physician. Then a patient falls, twists the wrong way or sustains a fracture that seems disproportionate to…
Patient education may be one of the most underused tools for improving population health outcomes, according to Rita Roy, MD, executive director of the National Spine Health Foundation. “There are knowledge gaps on the patient education side and on the…
Two Florida men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a $34.8 million healthcare fraud conspiracy involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces billed to Medicare. Kenneth Kessler III, of Miami, was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Michael Gomez,…
Robert “Bob” Draper Jr., MD, one of Baltimore’s first Black orthopedic surgeons and a former chief resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, died Aug. 29 after a blood clot traveled to his heart. He was 79. Dr. Draper earned his medical…