Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, of New York City-based NYU Langone Health, completed the first case with Smith+Nephew's Journey II medial dished knee replacement system.
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The Justice Department on Feb. 9 charged orthopedic surgeon Evangelos Megariotis, MD, with 34 counts of illegally prescribing controlled substances to patients.
The CDC has proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers that would remove its previous recommended ceilings for chronic pain patients and encourage physicians to use their best judgment, according to The New York Times.
Management services organizations have become increasingly popular for orthopedic practices that want administrative and business support.
The ringleader of a scheme to defraud a healthcare benefit program for retired NFL players was sentenced to five years in prison, the Justice Department said Feb. 9.
The orthopedic specialty has many influential figures that surgeons look up to. Two surgeons told Becker's Spine Review the leaders they would want to spend time with.
IRise Florida Spine and Joint Institute in Boca Raton issued a data breach notice to patients after it was found someone had unauthorized access to an employee email account.
The first cases with Implanet's Jazz posterior fixation system were completed, the devicemaker said Feb. 9.
Since January, hospitals and health systems have banked on partnerships and multimillion-dollar initiatives to bolster spine and orthopedic care.
Partnerships have been key to Jacksonville, Fla.-based Southeast Orthopedics Specialists' growth in the last few years. In 2019, the practice banded with Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. Since then, practice also partnered with Jacksonville-based Ascension Florida & Gulf Coast, and with…