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 Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement eXpanded (CJR-X) Explained

July 1, 2026

A proposed CMS rule could change how almost every acute care hospital in the US is paid for hip and knee replacement surgery. If finalized, CJR-X arrives in October 2027 and most hospitals are not yet prepared. Why This Matters If your hospital performs hip or knee replacement surgery, a significant change to how you are paid…

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Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) Explained

July 1, 2026

Since January 2026, 741 hospitals across the US have been operating under a bundled payment model that ties the full 30-day surgical episode directly to reimbursement. If your hospital is one of them, here is what your team needs to know. Why This Matters Most conversations about hospital quality focus on what happens inside a…

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eCQM Hospital Harm – Pressure Injury Explained

July 1, 2026

A new CMS quality measure is changing how hospitals are held accountable for pressure injuries, and the financial stakes are real. Here is what clinical and quality leaders need to understand before it becomes mandatory in 2028. Why This Matters Pressure injury prevention has always been central to good nursing practice. Now it is also directly…

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The Financial Burden of Pressure Injuries podcast

June 15, 2026

In this episode of The Hospital Finance Podcast, Dr. William Padula, Health Economist and Professor at the University of Southern California, and Martin Burns, CEO at Bruin Biometrics discuss the financial burden of pressure injuries. This post summarizes the conversation and we encourage you to listen to the full podcast episode on The Financial Burden…

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TEDx: What’s Preventing Prevention?

May 28, 2026

Martin Burns Takes to the TEDxUCLA Stage to Sound the Alarm on Preventable Patient Harm. Bruin Biometrics CEO delivered “What’s Preventing Prevention?” at TEDxUCLA. A talk that puts pressure injuries, the healthcare system’s most overlooked never event, firmly in the public eye. On 26 May 2026, Bruin Biometrics CEO Martin Burns joined the TEDxUCLA stage…

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Bruin Biometrics Featured in LA Business Journal

April 28, 2026

Scanning for a $27 Billion Issue The Los Angeles Business Journal has featured Bruin Biometrics in a compelling piece on one of healthcare's most costly and underaddressed challenges: pressure injuries. The article explores the staggering scale of the problem, with pressure injuries costing the US healthcare system up to $27 billion annually and affecting an…

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Prevention Starts with Biology: Rethinking Pressure Injury Prevention

March 18, 2026

  At the core of the issue is a reliance on subjective assessment methods. Traditional prevention approaches such as risk scoring tools and visual skin assessments are widely used but inherently limited. They depend on what clinicians can see and interpret, yet pressure injuries begin beneath the skin, often days before any visible signs appear.  This…

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Bruin Biometrics Honored Among UCLA’s Top 25 Inventions of the 21st Century

February 26, 2026

We are proud to share that the Provizio SEM Scanner has been recognised by UCLA as one of the Top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st Century, featured in the Fall 2025 issue of UCLA Magazine. Coming in at number 10 on the list, the Provizio SEM Scanner is highlighted for its ability to detect early-stage…