128 ASC Industry Leaders to Present at the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine &...
128 ASC Industry Leaders will present at the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference (June 13-15), including Coach Michael Krzyzewski, Geoff Colvin, Brad Gilbert and...
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8 Factors Impacting Spine Surgery Coverage Rates
Here are eight significant factors making an impact on spine surgery coverage rates.Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1. Documentation of conservative...
View ArticleNew York Knicks' Rasheed Wallace Has Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery
Surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City performed surgery on New York Knicks player Rasheed Wallace, according to a New York Post report.Mr. Wallace sustained a Jones fracture in his...
View ArticleArthroCare SpeedLock Hip Implant Cleared by FDA
The FDA granted clearance to ArthroCare's SpeedLock HIP Knotless Fixation implant.The PEEK implant is designed for soft tissue fixation to hip bone and is used for acetabular labral reattachment and...
View ArticleSpine Device Manufacturer NuVasive Posts $2.7M 4Q Loss
Spine device company NuVasive posted a $2.7 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2012, an improvement from the same time frame in 2011 when the company lost $10 million.NuVasive's fourth quarter...
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5 Ways for Spine Surgery Centers to Save on Implants
Here are five ways to save on spine surgery center materials costs.Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1. Continuously renegotiate device contracts....
View Article12 News Updates for Orthopedic & Spine Device Companies
Here are 12 recent news updates for orthopedic and spine device companies in the month of February.Salt Lake City-based Amedica received a patent for its artificial disc implant that uses its...
View ArticleSpecialty ACOs: The Next Step in Accountable Care
The concept of accountable care organizations — of payors and care providers working together to achieve the triple aim of lowering healthcare costs while improving the quality of care and patient...
View Article14 Statistics on How Physicians Perceive Physician Satisfaction
In a recent Physician Wellness Services/Cejka survey, physicians and healthcare administrators were asked to review cultural attributes and rate how important they felt each attribute is to physicians'...
View ArticleWhich Health Programs Did the Sequester Cut?
Much buzz has been generated for months about the crisis of across-the-board spending cuts that took effect Friday after Congress failed to pass an equivalent $1.2 trillion savings package over the...
View ArticleDr. Jim Walter Performs Knee Surgery on FC Dallas Midfielder Peter Luccin
Jim Walter, MD, team physician for FC Dallas Major League Soccer team, recently performed knee surgery on midfielder Peter Luccin, according to a Yahoo Sports report.Mr. Luccin injured his knee during...
View ArticleUC San Diego Health System Names Dr. Christopher Wahl Chief of Sports Medicine
UC San Diego Health System has named Christopher Wahl, MD, chief of sports medicine.Dr. Wahl has a special interest in treating traumatic sports injuries and focuses on cartilage restoration and...
View Article5 Tips for Orthopedic Practices to Collect in Full More Often
Here are five tips for orthopedic surgeons and groups to collect in full from patients and insurance companies more often.1. Write a financial policy upfront for patient collections and let patients...
View ArticleAxoGen Names Shawn McCarrey as Senior VP of Sales
Alachua, Fla.-based AxoGen appointed Shawn McCarrey as its senior vice president of sales.Mr. McCarrey has more than 15 years of experience in medical device sales. He recently served as the executive...
View ArticleSymmetry Medical Launches Self-Retaining Rotilt Ratchet
Symmetry Medical released its Bookwalter Self-Retaining Rotilt Ratchet at the Congress of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses in San Diego this week.The ratchet allows for multiple...
View ArticleSports Medicine Market to Grow by 9.5% by 2018
The sports medicine device market is one of the fastest growing fields in healthcare, largely because of the growing number of youth-related sports activities and injuries, according to a study by...
View ArticleCould Compromise Have Been Worse Than Sequestration for Hospitals?
When President Barack Obama signed sequestration into law this past weekend, roughly $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts went into effect for the rest of the federal government's 2013 fiscal...
View ArticleBoston Pediatric Physician's Organization Finds Program Lessens Unnecessary...
The Pediatric Physician's Organization at Boston Children's Hospital took into consideration the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force's report that routine screening of children for scoliosis is more...
View ArticleSt. Francis Hospital Launches the Spine Institute of Connecticut
St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., which performed more than 1,500 spine procedures during the fiscal year of 2012, is launching the Spine Institute of Connecticut, according to Hartford Business...
View ArticleGOP's Latest SGR Fix Won't Cost Hospitals
House Republicans vowed not to force hospitals to pay for the party's plan to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate, an annual source of legislative ire that would drastically cut physician pay...
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