Orthopedic

The highest paid orthopedic surgeon in Salt Lake City earns $932,600, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $373,570 orthopedic surgeons make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here are…

Expanding and modernizing training programs, as well as engaging potential surgeons earlier in their education are crucial to improving the spine and orthopedic surgeon pipeline. The number of orthopedic surgeons has steadily declined over the past few years. In 2021,…

Like most surgeons, I entered practice focused on patient care, but it didn’t take long to realize that the business of medicine would demand equal attention. What I found was an environment for independent private practice that had grown increasingly…

Tying reimbursements to inflation and paying more for complex cases are two revisions that spine and orthopedic surgeons would make if they were in charge of CMS.  Reimbursements for spine and orthopedic surgery have not kept pace with the complexity…

Orthopedic care spans a wide range of subspecialties, and surgeons say referring physicians don’t always have full visibility into where a patient’s needs are best met.  Referring physicians play a central role in connecting patients with the right specialist but…

The average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons has increased from $306,220 in 2021 up to $373,570 in 2025. Over the past five years, compensation for orthopedic surgeons has increased $67,250, or about 22%.   Compensation for orthopedic surgeons has increased year-over-year…

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has expanded its orthopedic practice in Carmel, Ind., with the addition of Rory Sandberg, MD.  Dr. Sandberg is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in primary and complex hip and knee replacement, according to a June 8…

The Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic has opened the Great Falls Clinic Capital City Specialty Center in Helena, Mont., according to a June 10 report by ABC FOX Montana. The center launched with orthopedic services led by Peter Hanson, MD, an…

Kurtis Biggs, DO, is making his own legacy in orthopedics by creating his own hip implant. The design, first drawn on a napkin, has been used in multiple patients and it’s just the beginning for him. Dr. Biggs, founder of…

Among orthopedic residents, there wasn’t a difference in case volume performed across race and gender, according to a study in the June issue of the HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. Five things to know: 1.…