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5 Current Healthcare Policy Issues for Orthopedic & Spine Surgeons to Know
Here are five recent healthcare-related policy trends potentially impacting spine surgeons.Sign up for our FREE Orthopedic & Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1....
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How to Reduce Costs & Maintain Quality of Care: 5 Spine Surgeons Weigh In
Five spine surgeons discuss how to reduce healthcare costs without compromising care. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical,...
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7 Things for Spine Surgeons to Know for Thursday
Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for April 25, 2013.Sign up for our FREE Orthopedic & Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!SpineFrontier launched less...
View ArticleSonoma Orthopedic Products Hires 3 New Executives
Sonoma Orthopedic Products, a medical device company focused on minimally invasive solutions for fracture care, has hired three new executives.Virginia Good, PhD, is the new director of clinical...
View ArticleStabiLink MIS Spinal Fixation System Gets FDA Clearance & CE Mark
The StabiLink MIS Spinal Fixation System from Southern Spine received FDA clearance and the CE Mark.The system is designed for a minimally invasive spinal fixation in lumbar fusion procedures,...
View ArticleZimmer Reports Flat Q1 Sales, Spine Plummets 10%
Zimmer Holdings has reported a slight decrease in net sales, which reached $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2013, and attributed the loss to having two fewer billing days in key markets, such as...
View ArticleDr. Pietro Tonino Conducts Study of 3-D System to Prevent Baseball Shoulder...
Pietro Tonino, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has conducted a study of a three-dimensional system designed to detect the disruption of scapulo-humeral rhythm in baseball pitchers, which can...
View ArticleEHR in Spine & Orthopedic Practices: Q&A With Brendan Flanigan of gloStream
Brendan Flanigan is the regional manager of gloStream, a full service billing, collections, EHR, and practice management company. Here he shares how to use EHR effectively in spine and orthopedic...
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5 Quick Ways to Grow Spine Surgeon Practices
Here are five quick and easy ways to grow spine practice patient volume.Sign up for our FREE Orthopedic & Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1. Set up social media pages....
View ArticleEHR in Spine & Orthopedic Practices: Q&A With Brendan Flanigan of gloStream
Brendan Flanigan is the regional manager of gloStream, a full service billing, collections, EHR, and practice management company. Here he shares how to use EHR effectively in spine and orthopedic...
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RTI Biologics International Revenue Drops 27% After "Inaccurate" Media Coverage
RTI Biologics reported an 8 percent drop in first quarter revenue for 2013 when compared with 2012, due to weakness in the sports medicine, bone graft substitutes and the general orthopedic...
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Stryker Q1 Net Earnings Drop 13% After Hip Implant Recalls
Stryker reported 1.3 percent net sales growth in the first quarter of 2013, but net earnings decreased 13.1 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2012.The company's earnings were impacted by...
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SpineCraft Signs Distribution Agreement With Zimmer
SpineCraft has moved to a new office location in Westmont, Ill., and signed a distribution agreement with Zimmer for the APEX Spine System.The company completed its move to the new office location at...
View ArticleDickson Orthopedics & Sports Medicine to Open Bigger Office Location
Dickson (Tenn.) Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is moving to a new, expanded location, slated to open in September, according to a report by The Tennessean. Dickson Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is...
View Article5 Recent Orthopedic Device Company Expansions & Agreements
SpineCraft has recently moved its office location to Westmont, Ill., and has since been expanding its team. The company has also signed a distribution agreement with Zimmer for the APEX Spine System,...
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NASS to Congress: 3 Needed SGR Reforms
The North American Spine Society has sent a letter to Fred Upton, chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, outlining the reforms NASS believes the Sustainable Growth Rate replacement draft...
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7 Statistics on How Orthopedists Handle Worst Payors
Here are seven statistics on how orthopedists plan to handle their worst payors, according to Medscape's Orthopedist Compensation Report: 2013.Sign up for our FREE Orthopedic & Spine E-Weekly for...
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Why Outpatient Spine Surgery? 3 Big Reasons
Hallett Mathews, MD, MBA, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical officer of New York City-based Paradigm Spine, LLC, a non-fusion spinal implant and device technology manufacturer. Dr....
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VG Innovations Launches Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Implant
St. Petersburg, Fla.-based VG Innovations unveiled its SiJoin Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion system.The implant is a dual geometric cortical allograft for posterior implantation within the plane of...
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Spine Wave Intervertebral Body Fusion Device Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance
Shelton, Conn.-based Spine Wave received FDA 510(k) clearance for its StaXx IB System, an intervertebral body fusion device.The device combines PEEK spacer technology with bone graft chambers. The...
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