Bundled payment programs assume a level of uniformity that spine surgery patients often don’t have, and for value-based medicine to work, surgeons say that models should address the nuance. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to…
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The number of breakthrough device designations granted by the FDA has seen a gradual increase and peaked in recent years, according to new data. The breakthrough device designation provides sped-up processes for development, assessment and review for clearance for selected…
A new orthopedic partnership in Tennessee is giving Campbell Clinic the opportunity to work in tandem with a health system while strengthening ties with another private practice. The Germantown, Tenn.-based practice recently announced its partnership with Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad…
Xenix Medical earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its Lux expandable lumbar interbody fusion system, and the device is available in a full commercial launch. The Lux system allows for significant post-expansion bone graft packing and features Xenix Medical’s NanoActiv surface,…
Health system C-suites are under pressure from every direction: margin compression, workforce strain, fragmented technology and a pace of change that legacy operating models were never built to handle. This curated e-book brings together Becker’s reporting and industry thought leadership…
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Neurosurgery continues to advance through innovations in brain tumor treatment, cerebrovascular care, spine surgery, functional neurosurgery and minimally invasive techniques. Across the country, a select group of neurosurgeons is helping shape the field through clinical excellence, groundbreaking research, leadership and…
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo hip and knee replacement surgery. Surgeons can often predict how the operation itself will go. What surgeons have historically struggled to predict is something far more important: how any individual patient will…
Dr. David Prior, MD, joined OrthoArizona in Phoenix, according to a June 8 LinkedIn post. Dr Prior is an orthopedic spine surgeon, and his expertise includes minimally invasive and robotic-assisted spine surgery, complex revision surgery, spinal deformity correction and motion-preserving.…
SpinaFX Medical earned the FDA’s investigational device exemption for Triojection, an intradiscal ozone/oxygen injection, according to a June 9 news release. Triojection will be evaluated in a U.S. clinical trial comparing it and nerve root block with nerve root block…
The University of Miami Health System has opened an early-intervention spine clinic aimed at patients with persistent back pain whose needs fall between conservative treatment and traditional spine surgery. The clinic is led by Michael Wang, MD, professor of neurological…