Orthopedic

Orthopedic groups in Connecticut and Maryland are moving in the same direction this month: pulling imaging, urgent care, rehabilitation and physician offices into single locations or unified systems. The expansions reflect a broader push among orthopedic groups to control patients’…

Orthopedic reconstruction has been built around a practical compromise. Surgeons study the patient’s anatomy, assess the deformity or damage and then choose the best available implant from a standardized set of options. For many patients, that model still works well.…

Private equity has become a major force in physician-practice consolidation, and orthopedics and spine surgery remain among its most attractive targets. But a decade in, evidence on private equity’s effects is mixed, and its long-term legacy may depend more on…

Two Indiana residents have been charged after authorities alleged they stole more than $500,000 in medical products from Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet and resold them, according to a July 7 Times-Union report.  Paul Douglas Stellwag II, a former Zimmer Biomet…

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care has appointed Brian Wolf, MD, chair and department executive officer of its department of orthopedics and rehabilitation, effective immediately. Dr. Wolf has served as the department’s interim chair and DEO since Jan. 31.…

Orthopedic surgery is moving out of the hospital faster than any payment system was built to handle, and the fight over who gets paid what for that shift is now the defining question for ASCs heading into 2026. The migration…

The near-term payoff from AI in orthopedic surgery is not a robot taking the scalpel. It is a quieter shift happening before the incision and after the patient goes home: faster surgical planning, cleaner prior authorizations, less documentation burden and…

Movmedix, a French orthopedic medtech company, received its first FDA 510(k) clearance, allowing the company to commercially launch its LARS ACJ system in the U.S. The clearance covers the company’s LARS ACJ implant, a synthetic device intended to provide fixation…

When Patrick Noud, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and shoulder specialist, arrived in Lansing, Mich., nearly two decades ago, independent orthopedic practice was still the norm. The region had roughly eight to 10 private orthopedic groups, ranging from small practices with…

From pain management device acquisitions to new orthopedic facilities, healthcare organizations and companies are continuing to pour resources into spine and orthopedic care in 2026.  Here are 10 notable investments from the first half of 2026 totaling more than $1.6…