Becker’s reported on two lawsuits filed in March involving spine and orthopedic care.
1. Fort Wayne (Ind.) Orthopedics LLC is suing an orthopedic surgeon alleging he provided care at a competing group after he resigned. Michael Rosen, DO, entered an employment agreement with Fort Wayne Orthopedics in August 2019, and there was a clause in his contract stating he would not work within 25 miles of the practice after leaving the group, the report said. In late 2024, Dr. Rosen said he planned to leave the practice, and his last day was Feb. 12, according to the lawsuit filed in Indiana’s Allen Superior Court. Dr. Rosen began working at a practice
“well within 25 miles of Cameron Memorial Hospital,” according to the lawsuit.
2. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and several associated member plans are facing a lawsuit over an alleged scheme to exclude spinal fusion technology from TranS1 from coverage. The devicemaker filed the lawsuit March 17 in U.S. district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and alleges that BCBSA’s member plans collectively refused to cover the AxialLIF, which is used for a single-level lumbar spinal fusion. According to the lawsuit, the insurer claimed that AxialLIF is experimental and investigational, which isn’t the case, TranS1 said.
