Orthopedic surgeons are compensated the least in Florida, where they earn an average of $243,472 — 24 percent less than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.
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Phy Health and RightMove have partnered to improve access to musculoskeletal screening tools, according to a Sept. 26 news release.
EmergeOrtho Coastal Region in North Carolina added orthopedic surgeon Jack Bowling, MD, Wilmington Biz reported Sept. 26.
Orthopedic surgeons earn $382,102 per year in Nevada — 19 percent more than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.
The FDA gave ZimVie's Mobi-C cervical disc hybrid investigational device exemption, the devicemaker said Sept. 26.
Large spine and orthopedic mergers have closed this year, and smaller device companies have sought to get their own slice of the pie during the third quarter.
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network has unveiled a $44 million specialty hospital for same-day orthopedic surgeries in Allentown, Pa., according to a Sept. 25 report from Lehigh Valley Business.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Medical Group has added Cory Knecht, MD, to its team at HMG Orthopedics.
John Shin, MD, is chief of spine neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The prior authorization system is seen as flawed by many surgeons working in orthopedics, spine surgery and beyond.