Commons Clinic — a value-based physician group providing musculoskeletal care to patients in the Los Angeles area — announced the launch of its Center for Spine Economics, Outcomes & Research. The center will research and test new models that move spinal care out of the hospital and into community-based accountable care networks. The startup plans to invest $100 million in the center over the next decade.
Miach Orthopaedics — a medical device company focused on restoring torn ACLs instead of reconstructing them — recently received $40 million in funding. The capital will be used to expand the U.S. commercial rollout of the company's implantable device, which received FDA de novo clearance in 2020.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Orthopedics giant Zimmer Biomet entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Embody, a company that makes collagen-based implants designed to heal soft tissue injuries. Zimmer Biomet pursued the deal to grow its sports medicine portfolio and gain entry into the high-growth rotator cuff augmentation submarket, an executive said.
Billions—to trillions—of dollars are wasted in healthcare spend and although progress has been made toward closing the gap, opportunity remains in often overlooked places. Redundant care is frequently the cost culprit that is being overlooked.
Discovering that a well-supported, evidence-based virtual physical therapy program produces the same functional and patient-reported outcomes as outpatient physical therapy—even for ambulatory TKA procedures—is a game-changer.
Telemedicine has a place in orthopedics; not only can range of motion measurements be taken virtually as effectively as in-person, but telehealth offers additional advantages including the potential to take 2D measurements that help .....
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Cleveland Clinic v. orthopedist. Who sides with the patients?
Cleveland Clinic's Sideline Guidelines contains medical information and branching logic to help trainers and other medical professionals diagnose sports injuries on the sidelines, plan training schedules and decide when an athlete is medically able to return to play.
Scottsdale medical device company CyMedica Orthopedics completed a $6 million raise, or so says a recent regulatory filing. The highly hush-hush company neither has a website, nor did CEO Robert Morocco respond to calls to discuss what the equity round will be used to do. The company was launched and named in 2013. In June […]
A little over a year after it opened a Boston innovation center, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) unveiled a series of research and development collaborations and investments in early-stage companies that reads like a smorgasboard of cutting-edge biotechnology and medical devices. It includes collaborations with six Massachusetts companies and gives a sense of the big […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
It was always going to be hard for Castlight Health to sustain the $41-per-share price that marked its public debut in April. Since then, its share price has slipped back into the high teens. But it has overhauled the structure of its platform and added solutions to supplement its price transparency tools to help employers […]
A wearable device that could transform how physicians diagnose the underlying causes of GI disorders is one of three innovative early stage life science companies Peter Thiel’s Breakout Labs is backing. The program from the Thiel Foundation provides up to $350,000 for companies to reach certain milestones critical to their development, according to a company […]
When America’s joint surgeons were challenged to come up with a list of unnecessary procedures in their field, their selections shared one thing: none significantly impacted their incomes. TheAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons discouraged&n...
In the latest test of 3D printing in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgeons in The Netherlands announced that they successfully implanted a 3D printer skull to treat a 22-year old woman suffering from a bone disorder. The procedure, carried out by surgeons at University Medical Center Utrecht, was carried out three months ago but was only disclosed […]
A graduate of Blueprint Health’s accelerator has rolled out a virtual version of grand rounds. for[MD]’s program is designed to make it easier for private practice physicians to get the benefit of skilled specialists from teaching hospitals around the country, starting in orthopedics. It’s referred to as the Orthopedic Education Initiative, according to a company […]