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Here are seven sports medicine industry updates since Sept. 1: 

Neal ElAttrache, MD, operated on New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston's knee, The New Orleans Advocate reported Nov. 13.

Basketball players who drive past defenders to try and score are more likely to risk anterior cruciate ligament tears, researchers at Stanford (Calif.) University found.

September 2021 Issue of Becker's Spine Review

Jorge Chahla, MD, PhD, of Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, performed knee surgery on three international professional athletes, the practice said Oct. 21 in a news release.

Steven Shin, MD, will perform hand surgery on boxer Ryan Garcia Oct. 18 at the Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center, according to Big Fight Weekend. 

Phoenix-based Foothills Sports Medicine Physical Therapy is opening a new clinic, the company said Oct. 15.

Plans to expand digital prior authorization access and three more updates involving payers and CMS for spine and orthopedic surgeons to know in the last month:

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.