Surgical treatment accounts for 79% of allegations in orthopedic malpractice claims, according to a malpractice risk review from The Doctors Company, physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. The ...

Tampa, Fla.-based Orthopaedic Solutions Management named Jason McClair COO. Mr. McClair brings more than 20 years of healthcare operations and leadership experience. He most recently served as group ...

New York-based Elliquence named Bill Pfost CEO. Mr. Pfost brings more than 30 years of experience in the spine industry to the role, according to an Oct. 8 news release. He most recently served as ...

Florida has long been where Americans go to retire, which puts Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics on the front line of one of the biggest shifts in spine care. Patients there expect to stay ...

Nicholas Grosso, MD, has watched Medicare pay for orthopedic surgeons erode for most of his private practice career. Now, he said, independent practices are running out of ways to absorb it. “It’s ...

Endoscopic spine surgery has a growing following among surgeons and patients. As it grows its presence in spine care, leaders consistently cite one of its biggest barriers to wider adoption is the ...

The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience on Oct. 2 called for a national minimally invasive spine credential that ties a physician’s scope of practice to demonstrated competence rather than the ...

The spine industry keeps producing new technology. Bilal Butt, MD, wants to know how much of it actually makes surgery better. At Cleveland Clinic, where surgeons have access to advanced implants, ...

SurGenTec has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for Allevion Medical’s Vantage spinal decompression technology. The agreement gives SurGenTec exclusive rights to Vantage, a disposable, ...

Medicare is changing the financial equation for spine surgeons, and reimbursement cuts are only part of it. With thousands of specialists entering mandatory payment models, prior authorization ...

When payers deny or delay indicated spine surgery, the cost doesn’t disappear — it moves to patients, surgeons, hospitals, employers and the broader economy, according to a new Orthopaedic Forum paper ...

Timothy Herbert, MD, the hand surgeon who invented the Herbert screw for fixing scaphoid fractures, died Oct. 3 at age 85, according to a published obituary. Dr. Herbert earned his medical degree from ...