Legal pressure on orthopedic and spine providers came from multiple directions in the second quarter, spanning payer fraud suits, a kickback guilty plea and a device liability claim. Here are five ort ...
Surgical workflow and operations software company eXeX appointed Max Reinhardt president of healthcare. Mr. Reinhardt will lead commercial execution for the company’s surgery intelligence platform, ...
The Synergy Disc, a cervical disc replacement device from Synergy Spine Solutions, has been used in 100 cervical disc replacement procedures in the U.S. following FDA approval earlier this year. The ...
A new expert position statement reframes complications after joint replacement and spinal fusion as a single outcome, implant fixation failure, and recommends routine bone health optimization before ...
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine has named Daniel Prevedello, MD, chair of its department of neurosurgery. He will begin the role in October. Dr. Prevedello joins UNC from The Ohio State ...
A microscope can make an operation more intricate. It does not necessarily make the hospital more necessary. Vanessa Gabrovsky Cuéllar, MD, an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon and physician partner ...
The first surgical robots were enormous, expensive and impractical. They belonged to a period when computers still felt like specialized machinery: powerful, promising and largely inaccessible outside ...
CMS’ proposed Medicare payment policy includes another 1.68% cut to reimbursements for surgeons. The CMS calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule’s proposed rule could have an even larger ...
A group of physician lawmakers has introduced the Patients First Act, which revamps the Medicare physician fee schedule, expands access to care and improves incentives for independent practices. Here ...
Joseph Mathews knew how the system worked. He runs an orthopedic practice. He understood Medicare Advantage, referrals and prior authorization. When his mother broke her hand, he knew which calls to ...
The FDA has classified a recall of spinal anesthesia kits from B. Braun Medical as Class I, the agency’s most serious designation, according to a July 17 Citeline report. The recalled kits contain ...
A torn ACL can remove a teenager from competition in a second. It can also separate them from their friends, disrupt the rhythm of their family and unsettle an identity built around being an athlete.
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