Oklahoma Spine Hospital in Oklahoma City agreed to pay $1.1 million in a data breach settlement related to a 2024 incident, The HIPAA Journal reported Dec. 24. The July 2024 data breach affected ...

Orthopedic surgeons focusing on providing top-level care while also continuing to improve not-so-great aspects of the healthcare system are reasons for optimism in 2026. David Bernstein, MD, PhD, ...

In spine care, surgeons and nonsurgical pain management physicians have had some tensions over who addresses different procedures, especially as minimally invasive procedures become more widespread.

Telehealth exploded in 2020, and it’s become more common in the broader healthcare landscape. But there’s still work to be done for patient access, Brandon Hirsch, MD, said. Dr. Hirsch, a spine ...

In 2025, Becker’s reported on 13 spine and orthopedic surgeons who died including pioneers in the specialties and leaders. 1. Edward Klein, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Dartmouth, Mass.-based ...

More than 15 orthopedic groups have banded with hospitals and health systems in 2025. 1. Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based Southeastern Spine Institute joined Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health. 2.

Time management and splitting resources between personal and professional responsibilities is a balancing act for many physicians. Organization, management and communication of schedules is crucial ...

Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, a now-closed orthopedic practice in East Providence, R.I., reported a data security incident. The practice, which has been closed for about 10 months, experienced a ...

Globus Medical went into 2025 with a strong foothold in spine and orthopedics, and it’s well-positioned for the next year. Here are 10 key updates: 1. Globus Medical introduced its DuraPro drill with ...

From AI to prior authorization, here are nine key studies on orthopedic care in 2025. 1. An internal study of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lifestyle Medicine Program found it was ...

When CMS quietly updated the Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) for CPT 64772 from two to six units for 2026, it didn’t make headlines, but it should have. This change isn’t simply a coding adjustment. It ...

For many orthopedic surgeons, staffing challenges are no longer theoretical. They crop up daily in crowded clinics, operating rooms running at full capacity, and inpatient floors where documentation, ...