Dr. James Andrews Performs Knee Surgery on Celtics Point Guard Rajon Rondo
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., performed knee surgery on Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, according to a Boston...
View ArticleDr. Don Chow Performs Achilles Tendon Repair on Senators Defenseman Erik...
Don Chow, MD, team physician for the Ottawa Senators, performed surgery on defenseman Erik Karlsson for a torn Achilles tendon, according to an Ottawa Citizen report.Dr. Chow was assisted by two other...
View ArticleDr. Douglas Freedberg Performs Knee Surgery on Athletics Pitcher Grant Balfour
Oakland Athletics orthopedic consultant Douglas Freedberg, MD, performed knee surgery on closing pitcher Grant Balfour, according to a USA Today report.Dr. Freedberg performed an arthroscopic procedure...
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6 Top Advocacy Issues for North American Spine Society
John Finkenberg, MD, is on the North American Spine Society's board of directors as the chair of the advocacy committee. He has practiced orthopedic surgery for 20 years while also staying active in...
View ArticleDr. Richard Kube Performs First Coflex Interlaminar Implant in Illinois
Richard Kube II, MD, performed the first procedure using the coflex Interlaminar Implant in Illinois, as well as the first two level coflex implant, both at the Southern Illinois Surgery Center in...
View ArticleResearchers Identify Gene Linked With Spine Tumor Growth
A team of researchers may have identified a gene responsible for causing spinal meningioma, the most common form of spinal tumors, according to the University of Manchester.The team, led by Miriam...
View ArticleUB Orthopaedics & Sports Center, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical to Open New...
UB Orthopaedics & Sports Center in Williamsville, N.Y., announced that it is collaborating with Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center to open a new urgent care location in Niagara Falls.The...
View ArticleOrthoIndy Provides Trauma Care Exclusively at St. Vincent Health
Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy announced that its trauma services are now exclusively available at Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health. OrthoIndy had provided orthopedic care at Gary, Ind.-based...
View Article5 Potentially Beneficial Partnerships for Orthopedic Spine Surgeons
Here are five beneficial partnerships for spine surgeons.1. Work on cases with neurosurgeons. When patients have access to more specialists in a coordinated effort, their care becomes instantly better....
View Article7 Spine Surgeons With New Leadership Positions
Here are seven spine surgeons who recently assumed new leadership positions.John Liu, MD, has been named director of the spine division at the University of Southern California Keck School of...
View Article9 Hospitals Expanding Orthopedic and Spine Services
Here are nine hospitals expanding their orthopedic and spine services.Shriners Hospitals for Children in Portland added an EOS Imaging System to help improve diagnoses for children with spine...
View ArticleSouth Lake Names Dr. Dot Richardson Citizen of the Year
Dot Richardson, MD, has been named the Citizen of the Year by the South Lake (Fla.) Chamber of Commerce, according to a report from The Daily Commercial.Dr. Richardson is medical director at the...
View ArticleMinimally Invasive Spine Market Expected to Top $2B by 2017
The U.S. market for minimally invasive spine technologies is expected to grow to $2 billion by 2017, according to the Millennium Research Group.Much of the growth is expected from minimally invasive...
View ArticleMedtronic 3Q 2013 Earnings Up 5.7%, Spine Revenue Down 4%
Medical device company Medtronic's third quarter fiscal year 2013 net earnings increased by 5.7 percent over the same period in 2012 to $988 million, due in part to growth in cardiac and restorative...
View Article6 Tips to Increase Orthopedic Practice Patient Volume
Here are six tips to drive patients to orthopedic practices.1. Host educational sessions and answer questions. Many orthopedic and sports medicine practices offer coaches and athletes preseason clinics...
View ArticleHalf of U.S. Lives in ACO Area
More than half of the U.S. population lives in areas served by accountable care organizations, according to new analysis by Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm.Currently, 52 percent of U.S. patients live...
View Article10 Compensation Statistics for Orthopedic Surgeons
Here are 10 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation. Numbers one through five came from the AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey; numbers six through nine came from the 2012...
View ArticleBlue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Tests Orthopedic Bundled Payment Model
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has started testing out its bundled payment model for knee replacement surgeries, according to a Health Leaders Media report. BCBSNC began a pilot project for...
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion: A State-by-State Layout
As things currently stand, 22 states and the District of Columbia have committed to expanding Medicaid to nearly all non-disabled adults with household incomes at or below 133 percent of the federal...
View Article8 Payor Trends for Spine Surgery to Watch
Here are eight big reimbursement trends for spine surgeons to watch.Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1. Spinal fusion claims are highly scrutinized....
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