Author: Alan Condon

Leawood. Kan.-based Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Consultants and Dickson-Diveley Orthopaedics will merge March 1.

An appellate court on Dec. 4 upheld an award of more than $112 million for an Indiana spine surgeon who won a royalty dispute against Medtronic, The Indiana Lawyer reports.

From two new physicians at a rural hospital to an incoming orthopedics chief at a New York hospital, here are the latest surgeons on the move:

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island is now offering Mocingbird, a cloud-based medical credential app, to its team of over 40 medical professionals.

NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, N.Y., has added 10 physicians, including spine surgeon Juan Rodriguez-Olaverri, MD, PhD, according to a Dec. 4 announcement.

SpineJack, an implantable fracture reduction system, has qualified for CMS' transitional pass-through payment as part of the 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, chair of the department of neurologic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., will star in a Netflix documentary series to be released Dec. 9.

Orthopedics special purpose acquisition company Viveon Health Acquisition on Dec. 4 filed with the SEC to raise up to $170 million in an initial public offering, according to Renaissance Capital.

Keith Hechtman, MD, a sports medicine specialist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, has developed a mask intended to protect helmet-wearing athletes from COVID-19, NBC2 reports.

From one big money acquisition to a new cervical spine portfolio entering the market, here are 12 key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies from the past week: