For committed surgeons, what defines success extends beyond the goings-on of the operating room. While technical precision still matters, outcomes are increasingly being measured by how quickly patients resume their lives as normal, how they feel and whether their expectations…
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The center of orthopedic care is shifting, and faster than many expected. For Leo Spector, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and CEO of OrthoCarolina, the move away from hospitals and into ambulatory and office-based settings represents one of the most significant…
Newport News-based Coastal Virginia Surgery Center performed its first total ankle replacement, expanding its advanced orthopedic offerings. Bryanna Vesely, DPM, a foot and ankle surgeon at Orthopaedic & Spine Center, performed the procedure. The patient was discharged the same day,…
New Providence, N.J.-based Summit Health performed the first complete robotic-assisted shoulder replacement in a freestanding ASC at Summit Atlantic Surgery Center in Florham Park, N.J. The procedure used the ROSA robotics platform from Zimmer Biomet and included both anatomic and…
Orthopedic surgeons connected with Becker’s to talk about the fee-for-service vs. value-based care system debate, the prior authorization red tape that needs changing and what the new AAOS president is planning for his term. Here is what five orthopedic industry…
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For nearly two decades, Leo Spector, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina, has been working toward a different model for delivering orthopedic care. At OrthoCarolina, that work began long before direct-to-employer contracting became a strategy employers…
Robotic-assisted total knee replacements have a higher complication risk than conventional methods, according to a new study from the Sunnybrook Research Institute. Patients who underwent conventional total knee arthroplasty procedures had a 1% rate of major surgical complications within one…
Oshkosh, Wis., on April 13, according to an April 3 Oshkosh Northwestern report. The 28,000-square-foot facility will replace the provider’s leased space within Ascension NE Wisconsin – Mercy Hospital. The new clinic will offer services including sports medicine, rheumatology, pain…
Orthopedic device company Medacta Group has added hip reconstruction to its MyImplant platform. The new hip expansion is intended to address complex acetabular reconstruction, according to an April 2 news release from the company. MyImplant helps surgeons in complex hip…
Indianapolis-based Franciscan Physician Network Sports Medicine Specialists and Greencastle, Ind.-based Putnam County Hospital have partnered to expand access to sports medicine services throughout the region. The collaboration combines Franciscan’s regional orthopedic and sports medicine expertise with Putnam County Hospital’s local…