Author: Alan Condon

An orthopedic center is part of a multimillion-dollar development that the Jacksonville Jaguars are planning for downtown Jacksonville, Fla., JaxDailyRecord.com reports.

Ransomware attacks against medical practices, government agencies and utilities have led Florida state officials to significantly bolster the state's cybersecurity systems, The Center Square reports.

Gregory Scherr, MD, on June 3 lost in his attempt to revive a lawsuit over alleged defamatory statements against six neurosurgeons and St. Paul, Minn.-based HealthEast Care System, Bloomberg Law reports.

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to clamp down on kickback cases in healthcare. Here are two cases that involved neurosurgeons and a device company in May:

Munster-based Orthopedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana has been voted "best of the region" for orthopedics as part of The Times of Northwest Indiana's annual Best of the Region Health Care series.

Orthopaedic Medical Group of Tampa Bay (Fla.) is building a 37,000-square-foot complex in Lithia, Fla., which will serve as its new headquarters, the Osprey Observer reports.

A spine surgeon-inventor filed patent infringement cases against devicemakers Alphatec and SeaSpine in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on June 2, Bloomberg Law reports.

Medtronic's patient-specific UNiD Rods have been cleared for use with the devicemaker's CD Horizon, Solera, Voyager and Infinity OCT spinal systems, which comprise rod, hooks, screws and interbody fusion devices.

The spine surgical landscape is expected to change dramatically as outpatient migration accelerates and CMSeliminates its inpatient-only list by 2024. Five spine surgeons discuss how inpatient spine surgery will look like five years from now.

A new imaging system at Blessing Health Center in Quincy, Ill., allows orthopedists to view patients' full range of motion in their spine, neck, joints and extremities, NBC affiliate WGEM reported June 1.