Spine surgery is rapidly evolving as minimally invasive procedures, robotics, AI-guided surgical planning and motion-preserving techniques transform how complex spinal conditions are treated. Across the western U.S., spine surgeons are helping drive that innovation while advancing research, training the next…
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The American Medical Association, 50 state medical societies and 46 healthcare organizations urged congressional leaders to support bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening enforcement of the No Surprises Act, according to a letter released May 11. The legislation — H.R. 4710/S.…
Safa Kassab, MD, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Orthopedic Specialists of Oakland County, performed the first total knee replacement in the U.S. using Pixee Medical’s Knee+ NexSight augmented reality glasses. The wearable augmented reality platform provides real-time surgical guidance through a…
Shifting workforce dynamics, accelerating technology adoption and mounting financial pressure are testing the foundations of orthopedic care. Leaders from across the field shared what concerns them most about where the specialty is headed, and what’s at stake for patients and…
R. Michael Meneghini, MD, once spent years driving three hours a day just to continue practicing orthopedic surgery. Every morning, he left his home before dawn, drove an hour and a half to work outside the geographic boundaries of a…
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Burlington-based University of Vermont Health plans to reduce expenses by $300 million over the next three years while increasing patient capacity across its outpatient Medical Group, according to a May 8 VTDigger report. Operational and financial challenges within the network’s…
Insurance provider Allstate is accusing an ASC in Chicago of being at the center of a scheme to fraudulently bill the payer for medically unnecessary procedures tied to auto injury claims. In a federal lawsuit filed May 5, the insurer…
Lawmakers in Connecticut have been drafting an expansion of the state’s restrictions on noncompete agreements for low wage workers. The current proposal raises the salary threshold under which noncompetes would be prohibited from roughly twice the minimum wage, or about…
The Mount Kisco (N.Y.) Surgery Center has agreed to pay $527,500 to settle a class-action lawsuit involving a data breach from November 2023, according to a May 6 report from Claim Depot. The ASC detected unusual activity in an employee’s…
A former trauma surgeon has filed a lawsuit alleging that the University of Toledo (Ohio) was wrongly forced to retire by his former employer, CBS affiliate WTOl 11 reported May 6. Nabil Ebrahim, MD, told the outlet that the university…