Spine surgery has more options than ever, but more choices have not necessarily made the biggest decisions any easier. From the push to avoid fusion to the rapid adoption of endoscopy, surgeons are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal judicial panel centralized 49 lawsuits into two manufacturer-specific proceedings, again declining to put all spinal cord stimulator litigation before one judge. The U.S. Judicial Panel on ...

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 ...

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System named Jeremy Gardner, MD, chief medical officer, effective Oct. 19. Dr. Gardner has spent more than 16 years with Altru, caring for patients as an ...

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 ...

Providence and MultiCare Health System have agreed to pay a combined $155.5 million to settle two class-action lawsuits brought by former patients of Jason Dreyer, DO, a neurosurgeon accused of ...

Youngstown, Ohio-based Southwoods Health has sued two of its physician shareholders. The system alleges that a planned sale of their practice, Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates, to Cleveland Clinic ...

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 ...

Pat Bovonratwet, MD, was recruited to Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital to build out its minimally invasive and endoscopic spine program. Now that the program has been established, the ...

Spine surgery’s technology boom is making operations more precise, less invasive and increasingly data-driven. It is also creating a new set of problems. As robotics, navigation, AI, endoscopy and ...