The value-based care and direct-to-employer payment models are gaining traction in both the orthopedic and spine spaces, but there are still some significant hurdles to industrywide adoption. Orthopedic and spine outcomes can be difficult to standardize, surgeons have to take…
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Medical device firm Capitan Orthopedics received breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its SupraSpacer implant. The designation applies to the company’s implant designed to treat irreparable rotator cuff tears, according to an April 30 company news release. Rotator cuff…
Orthofix CEO Massimo Calafiore saw total compensation of $7.3 million in 2025, according to an April 29 proxy filing. Compensation packages for executives include salary, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation, bonuses and other pay. Massimo Calafiore, President and…
Secaucus, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Health and New York Medical College of Valhalla will launch an orthopedic residency program in the summer, according to an April 28 news release. The program was recently approved by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.…
Outpatient orthopedics is projected to save billions of dollars for the overall healthcare system, and total knee replacement could play an important role, according to an updated analysis of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s “Reducing Medicare Costs by Migrating Volume…
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Joshua Gary, MD, will be chair of orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation at The University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine in Galveston starting Aug. 3, according to an April 27 news release. Dr. Gary is an orthopedic…
Wisconsin Rapids-based Wisconsin River Orthopaedics opened a clinic in Marshfield, Wis., expanding access to orthopedic care in the region, according to an April 20 Marshfield Hub City Times report. The clinic aims to offer comprehensive orthopedic services in a more…
Germantown, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics has added Zachary Mosher, MD, to its staff. Dr. Mosher is an orthopedic surgeon with special interests in complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement, partial knee replacement, minimally invasive hip and knee replacement,…
From new leadership appointments to reshaping industry culture, here are orthopedic surgeons in the headlines from the past week:
As healthcare continues to shift toward value-based care, the future of independent orthopedics is often framed as uncertain, but that narrative may be outdated. For David Jevsevar, MD, CEO of Richmond-based OrthoVirginia, the question isn’t whether the model can survive,…