Orthopedics / TJR

Houston-based Fondren Orthopedic Group completed the development of a magnetically powered knee technology, with orthopedic surgeons performing the first procedure using the investigational device. Gregory Stocks, MD, president and orthopedic surgeon at Fondren Orthopedic Group, and Mark Brinker, MD, performed…

Orthopedic and spine surgeons have spent the last decade tightening preoperative protocols for nearly every modifiable risk factor that affects surgical outcomes: diabetes control, smoking cessation, cardiac clearance and weight optimization. Some surgical risk-optimization programs now screen for as many…

Eric Cohen, MD, still remembers his hesitation the first time an 83-year-old asked to go home the same day she underwent joint replacement surgery. “At first, it was kind of like a pause,” said Dr. Cohen, program director of the…

CMS finalized its newest mandatory bundled payment model for hospitals, but the rule also has implications for ASCs that perform outpatient hip and knee replacements for those hospitals’ patients. The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded Model, or CJR-X, was…

Payers have historically treated spine surgery as a default hospital procedure, but that assumption is increasingly at odds with clinical reality. Advances in minimally invasive techniques, enhanced recovery protocols, and rigorous patient selection have made outpatient spine surgery a safe,…

As more orthopedic procedures continue shifting to outpatient settings, a growing number of ASCs are performing total joint replacement surgeries. CMS’ expansion of the ASC-covered procedures list in recent years, including revisions to hip, knee and shoulder procedures, has further…

St. Louis-based Orthopedic Care Partners Management and Joint Health, doing business as Motion Orthopedics, filed a breach of contract petition on April 6 in St. Louis County Circuit Court against George Paletta, MD, alleging he owes the practices more than…