Orthopedic

Edgerton (Wis.) Hospital and Health Services has entered a partnership with Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Wisconsin in Madison, according to a March 15 report from the Milton Courier. 

Orthopedic and spine surgeons are feeling a growing disconnect between themselves and payers. As physician demand from payers is increasing, reimbursement rates nationwide are declining. 

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has become the official sports medicine and orthopedic provider for the Orlando (Fla.) Guardians, an XFL football team. 

Here are five surgeons performing sports medicine procedures on professional athletes that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 20: 

Orthopedic surgeons may need to double their total joint replacement caselod by 2050 to accomodate rising demand, according to research shared at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Marty Isbell, MD, is set to perform knee surgery on Andrei Svechnikov, a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League, on March 16. 

Multiple publications, including Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report, name the top orthopedic facilities every year. In 2023, New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery topped lists from two different publications. 

Lattisha Bilbrew, MD, the first Black female orthopedic surgeon partner at Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics wrote a memoir about her experience in the profession.

From higher reimbursement payments to better payment models for new procedures, here are the key changes orthopedic and spine surgeons hope to see from payers in 2023. 

From California to South Dakota, here are four orthopedic supercenters in the western half of the U.S. that have been planned in the last year.