As spine surgeons reflect on the past year and what’s ahead, AI and payer woes are among the key disruptors physicians anticipate in 2026. Several spine surgeons joined “Becker’s Spine and Orthopedics Podcast” to share their insights. Note: These excerpts…
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Becker’s reported on four spine surgeons moving to new practices or adding to their titles in November. Note: This isn’t an exhaustive list. 1. Spine surgeon Tenner Guillaume, MD, of St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children’s Hospital, was appointed to SMAIO’s…
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2025 brought a sharp decline in 4-star contracts and higher cut points across key HEDIS and CAHPS measures, shrinking bonus pools and raising pressure on health plan leaders. Join health plan executives to explore how real-time data from Remote Patient…
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Lisa Sipes
Senior Director of Member Experience, Medical Guardian
Tim Haas
Senior Product Manager, Medical Guardian
Vanita Pindolia, PharmD, MBA
Vice President, Stars and Senior Health Services, BCBSM
Richard Pitts, D.O, Ph.D
Chief Medical Officer, Cal Optima Health
Michael Kobernick, MD, MS, MS-PopH, CPE
Senior Medical Director, Health Plan Business, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Leslie Storms, U.S. president of orthopedics at Johnson & Johnson Medtech, is set to leave the company in November. Ms. Storms has been with the company for the past 18 years, according to a Nov. 25 LinkedIn post. She has…
Here are three spine and neurosurgery organizations that have opened new locations, added new partners or launched, as reported by Becker’s since Nov. 5:
Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter’s Health Orthopaedics and Helena (Mont.) Orthopaedic Clinic signed letters of intent to partner. Helena Orthopaedic Clinic will become fully integrated with St. Peter’s Health, making St. Peter’s one of the largest orthopedic practices in Montana, according…
The musculoskeletal environment is at an important inflection point with technology developing at a faster pace, procedures becoming more minimally invasive and broader focuses on patient wellbeing, spine surgeons discuss their own roles in healthcare’s future. Ask Spine Surgeons is…
Bethesda, Md.-based MedVanta, the largest physician-owned musculoskeletal platform in the U.S., is tackling more than just urgent orthopedic care gaps with its latest service line. The company recently launched VantaStat, which provides appointments to orthopedic surgeons and specialists within 48…
Daniel Howard, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group, performed the first MISHA Knee System implant in Connecticut. The MISHA system is implanted on the medial side of the knee during outpatient surgery and is…