Author: Carly Behm

CMS is proposing to streamline and improve prior authorizations with new and added rules, according to a Feb. 21 Kaiser Family Foundation report. 

Although the supply of orthopedic surgeons in the U.S. is low, the specialty remains attractive for private equity investors, according to a report in the Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation.

Medtronic saw an increase in its gastrointestinal products during the third quarter of fiscl year 2023, according to financial results posted Feb. 21.

C. Kris Hanby, MD, on Jan. 19 performed the first robot-assisted total knee replacement in northern Arkansas.

Iowa City, Iowa-based Steindler Orthopedic Clinic's upcoming ASC in North Liberty, Iowa will cost about $10 million extra, and construction is expected to take a year longer than originally planned, The Gazette reported Feb. 2. 

DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (Calif.) went in-network with Cigna.

Orthopaedic Associates of Zanesville and New Albany-based JIS Orthopedics, both in Ohio, have partnered to provide outpatient orthopedic care in Cambridge (Ohio) Surgical Suites.

Washington's attorney general is suing Seattle-based Allure Esthetic and its owner Javad Sajan, MD, alleging that patients were illegally coerced to remove negative reviews and staff were forced to post fake positive reviews online, The Seattle Times reported Dec. 29.

A general surgeon and radiologist are now able to build a private ASC in Orangeburg, S.C., The Times and Democrat reported Dec. 29.

Surgeons have invested $4 million for 50 percent ownership in an Amherst, N.Y.-based ASC, Buffalo Business First reported Dec. 21.