Humana and Boston-based Cohere Health are expanding their partnership enabling a digitized prior authorization process nationwide, according to an Oct. 13 news release.

The payer landscape in orthopedics is constantly shifting due to the growth of value-based care and the increase in hospital-employed physicians. Four surgeons told Becker's how they see the payer landscape changing in the near future.

Four orthopedic surgeons told Becker's how value-based care can become more effective, from improving data analysis to using a stakeholder-focused approach.

Documentation will be more important than ever if CMS doesn't adjust its 2022 proposal to restore the inpatient-only list, according to Joseph Bosco III, MD, of NYU Langone in New York City.

Value-based care can improve the quality of treatment for orthopedic surgery patients and reduce overall costs, according to findings from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Seattle-based Regence BlueShield is adding more providers and covering more procedures in its Episodes of Care value-based care program, which launched in January 2020.