Orthopedics / TJR

Chicago-based Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is bucking trends by serving one of the specialty's most underserved population segments — patients on Medicare and Medicaid.

Sean Grey, MD, orthopedic surgeon with Fort Collins, Colo.-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies, and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's Bradley Schoch, MD, performed the first total shoulder arthroplasties with orthopedic devicemaker Exactech's new Equinoxe Laser Cage Glenoid.

With trends in healthcare moving toward value-based models, the structures that support fee-for-service programs may need to be adjusted or replaced entirely. Philadelphia-based Premier Orthopaedics has partnered with HOPCo to do just that.

There are more than 3,500 orthopedic ASCs in the U.S., according to 2021 CMS figures, but many of them do not offer spine surgery.

With trends in healthcare moving toward value-based models, the structures that support fee-for-service programs may need to be adjusted or replaced entirely.

In recent years, more complex surgeries like spine and total joints have shifted from the hospital setting to ASCs.

Median orthopedic surgeon compensation hit a two-year high on March 1, according to Kaufman Hall's "Physician Flash Report" published May 2. 

From a new orthopedic-focused ASC to a robot-assisted knee replacement, here are four orthopedic updates to know:

Geneva-Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics now offers robot-assisted knee replacement in its ASC using the Velys Robotic-Assisted Solution.

Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic surgeon Tyler Watters, MD, performed the state's first implant of a smart orthopedic device.