Aug 11, 20221 min read
Private Equity in Foot & Ankle
Private equity is making inroads into physician practices. In 2019, its highest penetration was in dermatology at 7.5% and 1.9% (460 of...
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Division Among the Ranks
American Board of Podiatric Medicine The American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM), an organization historically certifying general...
Jul 14, 20221 min read
The Health Care Economy Is Not Favoring the Physician
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Medicare physician fee schedule for 2023, suggesting cuts to...
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Raging Bull, Meet Wimbledon
Raging Bull, Meet Wimbledon El Nino, Raging Bull, King of Clay — all are nicknames earned during Rafa Nadal's hall-of-fame tennis career....
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Conventus-Flower Orthopedics to Announce Invitation of Flex-Thread Ankle Fracture Fixation Studies
Conventus-Flower Orthopedics, a Horsham, Pennsylvania-based company, is soon to announce the initiation of clinical studies for its...
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Fitness Trackers and Wearables
By the end of 2022, statistics project there will be 1 billion wearable devices worldwide. While there are many reasons to wear such a...
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Is FOMO Entering the Private Equity Dynamic?
Orthopedics and podiatry are a highly fragmented market, making for a unique consolidation opportunity for private equity (PE). Growth is...
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Gender in Foot and Ankle
Recent trends show women occupying the majority of slots in both MD and DPM schools. During the 2019–2020 application cycle, for example,...
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Quality & Collegiality: A New Standard for Foot & Ankle Conferences
The 2022 American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) Annual Conference was palpably different from what we’ve all come to expect...
Mar 9, 20221 min read
Bionic Clothing
Pioneering neural stimulative clothing company Cionic has released its prototype lower extremity garment to help patients with foot drop...
Mar 9, 20221 min read
Foot Innovate 2.0​
​Foot Innovate founders, Drs. Robert Anderson, Michael Coughlin, Jim DeOrio and Mark Myerson, have made an indelible mark leading foot...
Feb 24, 20221 min read
Ground Reaction Force and Golf
The PGA show held its annual best new product showcase in Orlando last week. Nothing like a product fair featuring outdoor sports to help...
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Leveraging Clinical Credibility to Drive Towards Category Leadership
TissueTech, Inc., parent company of Amniox Medical, Inc., has a new leader at its helm. Ted Davis is taking over as CEO from the...
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Medical Education
Incentives and rewards drive all medical education. Amazingly, less than 10% of medical students go to regular classes. They have learned...
Dec 29, 20211 min read
Surgical Site Infections and the Digital Space
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are reported to affect around two percent of foot and ankle surgeries, with forefoot having the highest...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Christmas-Related Injuries
The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), which conducts surveillance on consumer product-related injuries in the US,...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
The OSSIO Update
Last month, OSSIO, Inc., an Israeli-based company operating out of Woburn, MA, announced the appointment of Dr. Greg Berlet as the...
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Hospital at Home (HaH) Gathers Momentum
Hospital at home refers to programs that enable patients to receive acute care in their homes instead of the traditional hospital care...
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Percutaneous Resection of Haglund’s Deformity: Is Operative Treatment Really That Simple?
Haglund’s triad of insertional achilles tendinopathy, retrocalcaneal bursitis and posterior calcaneal impingement is common. Detachment...
Sep 2, 20211 min read
Can We Please Stop Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising?
The U.S. healthcare sector spends more money lobbying to advocate for policies that will benefit their members or businesses than any...
