New York City-based Weill Cornell and Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center will add Aclarion’s Nociscan tool, according to an April 8 news release. Weill Cornell and Aclarion established a commercial agreement, and Nociscan will be used as part…
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Surgeons at Baltimore-based MedStar Union Memorial Hospital collectively surpassed 1,000 robot-assisted spine surgeries since 2021, according to an April 7 news release. Paul Asdourian, MD; Bradley Moatz, MD, and Zan Naseer, MD, are among the surgeons who use the spine…
Constant learning and setting roots in a community are critical to thriving as a spine surgeon, Robert Masson, MD, said. The Spine Success Strategy is a new series featuring the voices of spine surgeons at different stages of their careers and their…
Many payer-provider partnerships start with strong alignment but fail to deliver sustained results. In this webinar, leaders share what it takes to move from intent to execution — building trust, aligning operations and delivering consistent value across markets, provider types…
May 14, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Neil Kulkarni
VP Product Management – Provider & Clinical, Highmark
Hussain Sheikh
VP Product Development & Management, enGen
Gaurav Tiwari
Partner, Health Plans & Provider Practice, ZS
Imagine a patient asking an AI assistant to find the best hospital nearby — and your organization doesn’t appear. Not because of care quality, but because your digital reputation doesn’t reflect it. This session will give you a clear framework…
May 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Ayoka Pond
CMO at Baptist Memorial Health
Kristi Melani
CMO at Reputation
Carter Rees
VP of AI at Reputation
For spine surgeon Shaleen Vira, MD, 2026 will be a time of growth at Banner Health as his team looks to expand and strengthen its presence in the Phoenix region. Dr. Vira is chief of orthopedic spine surgery with Phoenix-based…
For many rural populations, accessing care is still defined by distance, limited resources and fragmented coordination. Transportation has long been recognized as a barrier — but too often, it is treated as an external issue rather than a core component…
May 19, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Cristal Gary
Plan President & CEO, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois
Jordan Turetsky, MPH
Chief Engagement Officer, CenCal Health
Sufian Chowdhury
Co-Founder and CEO, Kinetik
Joseph Leach
Market President, Oscar Health
In the last 24 months Pittsburgh-based UPMC has grown its footprint in the U.S. and abroad. Here are four key moves: 1. Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened a sports medicine clinic in Ireland in partnership with Mardyke Arena University College Cork. 2.…
A Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health-led research team advanced a regenerative osteoarthritis treatment program to its next development phase after meeting preclinical goals under the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s “Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis” initiative. The effort…
Of the more than 200 orthopedic ASCs on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, more than 50 are in the West. The full list of all ranked ASCs is here. Here are the spine and orthopedic ASCs…