Spine surgeons are taking on expanded leadership roles as health systems invest in specialty programs, recruit physicians and develop new models for delivering care. From Sutter Health’s nearly $500 ...

The FDA has cleared OrthoPediatrics’ Pediatric Nailing Platform Femur Retrograde Nail System, and the company has completed its first procedures using the device. The system is designed for pediatric ...

California has 13 hospitals on Healthgrades’ list of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement, which recognizes inpatient care, the most of any state. Florida and New York follow with 12 ...

As AI becomes more integrated into neurosurgical care, questions about physician liability, patient consent and data privacy are becoming increasingly important, according to an article published in ...

Physician independence in orthopedics isn’t dying, but it is being redefined. For surgeons, it no longer means a solo practice and a handful of insurance contracts. It means owning the facility, ...

Hybrid cervical surgery has nearly two decades of clinical evidence behind it, even though several commercial payers still classify the technique as experimental or investigational to deny coverage, ...

Bon Secours Mercy Health’s planned $5.7 billion acquisition of Surgery Partners would put a national outpatient surgery ...

Spine surgeons and health systems are adopting technologies ranging from robotic guidance and patient-specific implants to AI-assisted triage, endoscopic surgery and lower-cost navigation tools.

Machine learning is increasingly being explored in spine surgery to predict patient outcomes, assist surgical planning and improve intraoperative decision-making, according to a review in the fall ...

Florida has 21 hospitals on Healthgrades’ list of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery, the most of any state and one more than last year’s 20. California follows with 16 and Texas with 13.

Medicare pays female and male neurosurgeons the same for identical procedures. The sex-based gap in total Medicare reimbursement comes from differences in procedure mix and patient complexity, ...

For spine surgeons, declining reimbursement is no longer just a financial concern. It is increasingly shaping which patients they can see, which procedures they can offer and how much time they can ...