Quality Rounds · Session 02
Three physicians from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) on where the system breaks down and what to do about it. HSS has ranked first in orthopedics for sixteen consecutive years.
Thursday, June 11, 2026 · 12:00 ET
Moderator
Michael Perlmutter
Managing Director, Willis Towers Watson (WTW)
Panelist
Joel Press, MD
Physician-in-Chief, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
Panelist
Scott Rodeo, MD
Head Team Physician, NY Giants; Co-Chief Emeritus of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, HSS
Panelist
Dick Herzog, MD, FACR
CMO, Covera Health; former Director of Spinal Imaging, HSS
About this session
Musculoskeletal conditions are one of the largest cost categories in employer healthcare.
Most benefits programs have invested in surgical centers of excellence, digital physical therapy, and care navigation. The gap between that infrastructure and the care employees actually receive is wide. Most employers can't see it.
These three physicians live and breathe MSK care. Because of where they sit at HSS, they routinely see what happens when MSK care goes wrong elsewhere: patients arriving with the wrong diagnosis, the wrong procedure, prolonged disability. They know what goes wrong and why. They get it right consistently in a field that often does not.
Moderator
Managing Director, Willis Towers Watson
Mr. Perlmutter is one of the country's most experienced advisors to large employers on health and benefits strategy. He is Managing Director at WTW, where he leads benefits consulting in the New York metro area, with prior senior roles at Lockton, UnitedHealth Group, Accolade, and Healthways.
Physician-in-Chief, Hospital for Special Surgery
Dr. Press is a nationally recognized leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation. He is Physician-in-Chief and the Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chair in Physiatry at HSS, and Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Head Team Physician, NY Giants; Co-Chief Emeritus of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, HSS
Dr. Rodeo is a leading orthopedic sports medicine surgeon and Head Team Physician for the New York Giants, named the NFL's 2024 Outstanding Team Physician of the Year. He is Co-Chief Emeritus of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service at HSS, and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Chief Medical Officer, Covera Health; former Director of Spinal Imaging, HSS
Dr. Herzog is a leading authority on spine and musculoskeletal imaging, with more than fifty peer-reviewed publications in the field. He is Chief Medical Officer at Covera Health, Attending Radiologist Emeritus and former Director of Spinal Imaging at HSS, and a former Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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About
Quality Rounds is a virtual roundtable series for benefits leaders, consultants, health plan executives, and physicians.
Each session is organized around a particular question or theme that a self-insured employer, health plan, or provider is trying to answer. The inaugural session, in May 2025, addressed the use of AI in clinical care.
Sessions are not recorded by default. Some are. Some aren't. The decision is made session by session based on what the panel needs to be able to say.
Quality Rounds is sponsored by Covera Health, an AI-powered clinical intelligence company focused on radiology quality. Topics are selected in consultation with senior benefits leaders, consultants, employers, and health plans. Panelists are chosen for their expertise. The conversations are designed to advance care quality, outcomes, and economics for employers and health plans.
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