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As CMS and private insurance hurdles persist, some spine and orthopedic surgeons see a solution in cash pay options. This model has already been successful despite early obstacles, for surgeons like Ara Deukmedjian, MD. “Initially when I opted out, there…
Douglas Padgett, MD, surgeon-in-chief and chair of orthopedics at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, has built his career at the intersection of surgical innovation, education and patient-centered care — a balance he continues to refine as the field…
29 hospitals have earned Healthgrades’ Specialty Excellence Awards for Spine Surgery three years in a row. Here are the best hospitals in the U.S. for spine surgery three years in a row in alphabetical order: 1. Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)2.…
Teaming up with Optum was an important aspect of getting outpatient orthopedics off the ground and soaring in recent years, Amar Patel, MD, a board member of OrthoWest, said. Dr. Patel spoke with Becker’s about how he made the most…
Hospitals and health systems are losing patients, revenue and community confidence to months-long behavioral health waitlists. Children’s Wisconsin reduced a 600-patient child psychiatry waitlist to zero by expanding access to subspecialists without capital buildouts or year-long recruitment cycles. This report…
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Here are six spine surgeons who joined new practices in October: Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. Alvin Chan, MD; Casey Slattery, MD, and Kushagra Verma, MD, joined Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute. 2. AdventHealth Medical Group added…
Operating rooms power hospital margins, yet preventable cancellations and administrative bottlenecks create costly idle time. In this Becker’s Perioperative Summit session, three leaders discuss how AI-driven automation is improving readiness, OR utilization and patient experience. Today’s perioperative teams face manual…
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Sridhar Yerramreddy
CEO and Founder of Steer Health
Farzad Massoudi, MD
Board-certified Neurosurgeon, Orange County Neurological Associates
Sunil Patel
Regional Chief Medical Officer at Prime Healthcare
Alejandro Lopez, DO, performed New Jersey’s first fully endoscopic laminectomy using Amplify Surgical’s dualPortal technology, according to an Oct. 28 news release from Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care. The milestone procedure was done in collaboration with Inspira Neuroscience. With…