Dr. Yang, a neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment and clinical outcomes of adult brain and spinal cord tumors at UCLA, shared his insights into reimbursement with us at the 2019 GS Symposium. Here are three key questions and answers from the interview. Q 1. How does Medicare affect your hospital financially? Would low reimbursement […]
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Dr. Brown, a board certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon located in Wesley Chapel, FL, shared his insights into patient care with us at the 2019 GS Symposium. Here are nine questions and answers from the interview. Question 1. What is the most important thing you personally think when it comes to patient […]
Dr. Oh, a neurosurgeon and professor of neurological surgery at the UCI School of Medicine, shared his insights into the future of spine technology with us at the 2019 GS Symposium. Here are five key questions and answers from the interview. Question 1. In your opinion, what is the most promising future spine technology? Dr. […]
Given all of the recent focus on minimally invasive, value-based healthcare, it should come as no surprise that with the new year also comes a continued push across the medical industry to improve quality of patient care. Not unlike most industries, the focus will be on innovation as it relates to medical device manufacturing and surgical procedures, […]
As companies across industries move toward using microtargeted marketing strategies and offering hyper-personalized products and services, medical device manufacturers, like GS Medical, have begun to incorporate this innovative concept in the production of implants and instrumentation. In recent years, manufacturing of medical devices has started to shift from traditional machining methods to the relatively new technology […]
Given the changing environment of healthcare in the U.S., orthopedic surgeons are now engaging in alternative partnerships to help bolster the future success of their practice through improved patient outcomes, better access to healthcare, and lower cost of care. Below we’ve broken down two examples of these partnerships and what it takes to make each a success. A […]
For decades hospitals have been buying medical practices in an effort to grow market share and add highly specialized care services. In its 2016 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey, the American Medical Association (AMA) reported that for the first time ever, at 47%, less than half of practicing physicians owned their own practices. That’s down from […]
The many benefits of spine surgery for definitive pathologies are well researched and scientifically proven. However, despite all of the positive outcomes and evidence to support spine surgery, many patients still believe the misconception that spine surgery doesn’t work or that people are worse off after surgery. So, how does one refute these perceptions? Present the […]
Despite uncertainty in healthcare due to the current administration’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, declining reimbursements, regulatory pressures and many others, the industry remains an attractive and lucrative investment for private equity firms. Healthcare was the only U.S. sector to see an increase in PE investment from 2016 to 2017. Total investment dollars last year […]
It seems you can’t pick up a medical journal these days without reading about minimally and less invasive surgery, and the demand for lower-cost, high-quality surgical implants. This is all for good reason – as technology and innovation slowly take over every aspect of our lives, the spine industry proves to be no exception. Over the […]