Vinod Muniswamy, MD, performed Kentucky’s first case using the MaxMoreSpine endoscopic system, Georgetown-based CenterPoint Health said in a May 22 news release. Dr. Muniswamy performed an endoscopic discectomy and endoscopic rhizotomy using the system. It is designed to address contained…
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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,…
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Sham Firdausi, MBA, MSc, PMP, CHFP, ACHE
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, County of Santa Clara Health System
Noel Sousa
Chief Financial Officer, University of Maryland Medical System
Jack O'Hara
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Translucent AI
Joe Caristi
Chief Financial Officer, Speare Memorial Hospital
Becker’s reported on two lawsuits involving spine and orthopedics in the last seven days. 1. A woman filed a lawsuit against Abbott alleging her Eterna spinal cord stimulator was improperly programmed and led to worsened pain. The lawsuit names Abbott…
AdventHealth in Kansas City has launched the AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute in Shawnee Mission, Kan. The institute will provide diagnosis and treatment of conditions including brain and spine tumors, back pain and scoliosis and complex and chronic pain, according to a…
Picture a CDI team that no longer spends most of its week reworking denied claims. Encounters are flagged for documentation risk while the patient is still being treated. Coders work cleaner cases. Finance can predict cash, not chase it. That…
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Eric Evenson, MBA, MHA, FACHE
Business director, Solventum
Thea Campbell, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Business director, Solventum
The qualities that set the most effective spine leaders apart are the ones that focus on consistency and communication. Spine surgeons discuss the underrated qualities of a strong leader on “Becker’s Spine and Orthopedics Podcast.” Question: What leadership habit or…
The future of orthopedics is being determined not just in the operating room, but in the C-suite. As outpatient migration, reimbursement pressure, consolidation and shifting patient expectations reshape the specialty, the leaders running the country’s largest orthopedic groups are placing…
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Health is offering a new thumb joint replacement procedure for patients with thumb arthritis. Nathan Morrell, MD, an associate professor of orthopedics at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, is the first hand…