The American Joint Replacement Registry’s 2026 annual report, released Nov. 5, includes 5.2 million hip and knee replacement procedures performed between 2012 and 2025, highlighting shifts in ...

The Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School has named Joseph Neimat, MD, chair of its department of neurosurgery, effective Jan. 29, 2027. Dr. Neimat currently serves as chair and ...

CMS released its final rule for the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Nov. 4. Physician pay falls more than the agency proposed in July, while CMS scaled back a same-day visit cut and ...

John Cowan, MD, a neurosurgeon who has practiced medicine in Georgia for more than a decade, won Georgia’s 11th Congressional District election Nov. 3, defeating Democratic attorney Chris Harden, ...

CMS’ proposed 2027 cut of roughly 20% to Medicare physician payment for total hip and knee replacement could shrink seniors’ access to joint replacement and worsen orthopedic workforce shortages, ...

Zimmer Biomet’s hips, sports medicine and technology businesses grew while knees declined in the third quarter of 2026, according to the company’s Nov. 4 earnings release. Here are seven things to kno ...

Medical technology company Smith & Nephew lowered its 2026 revenue and profit growth forecasts as continued weakness in U.S. hip and knee implant sales weighed on performance, even as third-quarter ...

It covers Original Medicare patients undergoing hip, knee and ankle replacements in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, holding hospitals responsible for the full episode of care. After each ...

Seven orthopedic surgeons and a table full of surgical instruments helped Michael Meneghini, MD, establish one of the most important rules at Indiana Orthopedic Institute: Not everyone gets to do ...

Medical Center has opened a new orthopedic center in East Longmeadow, Mass., and added Benjamin Snyder, MD, to its staff.  Dr. Snyder is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement ...

The U.S. is projected to face a growing orthopedic surgeon shortage, but the national numbers obscure a deeper problem: Rural communities could have enough surgeons to meet barely half their projected ...

Nearly all neurosurgeons carry lasting emotional effects after surgical complications, according to research in the August 2026 issue of Neurosurgical Focus. The issue, from the American Association ...