Tag: Lown Institute

Study finds Medicare paid nearly $2 billion for unnecessary back surgeries

Editor's Note More than 200,000 older Americans underwent back surgeries they likely did need, costing Medicare and Medicare Advantage a combined $1.9 billion, Axios October 9 reports. The findings, based on an analysis by the Lown Institute, raise new concerns about overuse of high-cost procedures with limited benefit, as federal…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
October 10, 2025
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