Author: Alan Condon

Most orthopedic surgeons are continuing to take on Medicare and/or Medicaid patients, according to Medscape's "Orthopedics Compensation Report 2021," published May 14.

Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS is changing how spine surgery is performed at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas City Business Journal reported May 17.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Princeton Baptist Medical Center reportedly is the first hospital in the state to implement the Flash navigation system for spine and cranial procedures, CBS affiliate WIAT reported May 14.

Rachel Thompson, MD, has been appointed the William and Patricia Oppenheim Presidential Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles.

Healthgrades released its Specialty Excellence Awards May 11, recognizing several facilities for top-line care.

The M6-C artificial cervical disc was designed by Spinal Kinetics and acquired by Orthofix in April 2018.

Lynx Equity Limited, a Toronto-based private equity firm has invested in ArthroLense, a medical device company founded in 2019 by orthopedic surgeons Russell Nevins, MD, and David Backstein, MD.

Parkview Medical Center rebranded May 11 as Parkview Health System to reflect its continued expansion in Pueblo, Colo., The Pueblo Chieftain reports.

Orthofix has released three- and four-year preliminary outcomes from its M6-C artificial cervical disc single-level clinical trial.

Adipose cells, commonly known as fat, could be a useful source of stem cells to promote bone growth in spinal fusion, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.