One of the most common criticisms I hear about peptides in orthopedics is straightforward: there isn’t enough human data. I agree. For compounds commonly discussed in orthopedics such as BPC-157, the ...

Eric Taris, MD, a hand surgeon at Appalachian Orthopedics in Johnson City, Tenn., is structuring part of his week entirely around wide-awake, local-anesthesia, no-tourniquet — known as WALANT — ...

Amplio Spine has named TJ Jackson executive vice president of sales and commercialization. Mr. Jackson will lead the medical device company’s national commercial strategy, including direct sales, ...

For physicians just entering practice, the choice between private practice and hospital employment can come down to a trade-off between autonomy and financial certainty, according to Eric Taris, MD, a ...

Wayne, N.J.-based University Spine Center sued UnitedHealthcare July 24, alleging the insurer failed to pay $226,477.60 awarded through the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process.

The Memphis Grizzlies entered a multi-year partnership with Memphis Tenn.-based. Campbell Clinic as the NBA team’s official orthopedics and sports medicine provider. The partnership renews a ...

Carmel, Ind.,-based Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine added Daniel Oyon, MD, to its neurosurgical team. He will serve patients at ProHealth in Waukesha, Wis. Dr. Oyon is a cranial and spine surgeon ...

Influence Healthcare signed a letter of intent to sublease and ultimately assume the master lease of a specialty hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area focused on spine and orthopedic surgery. The 24, ...

UnitedHealthcare will eliminate prior authorization requirements for certain spine and elbow surgery CPT codes across Medicaid managed care plans in 16 states and the District of Columbia, effective ...

For decades, spinal fusion was a familiar answer for degenerative disease requiring stabilization. That starting point is beginning to shift. Recent Becker’s reporting shows cervical disc replacement ...

Spine surgery is moving outpatient quickly, but the hospital is not disappearing from the equation. Lumbar fusions, cervical disc replacements and endoscopic procedures that once routinely required ...

Stryker signed a definitive agreement to acquire ZuriMED, a privately held company that develops technology for rotator cuff repair. The acquisition will add ZuriMED’s FiberLocker System to Stryker’s ...