Author: Carly Behm

The ringleader of a scheme to defraud a healthcare benefit program for retired NFL players was sentenced to five years in prison, the Justice Department said Feb. 9.

The orthopedic specialty has many influential figures that surgeons look up to. Two surgeons told Becker's Spine Review the leaders they would want to spend time with.

IRise Florida Spine and Joint Institute in Boca Raton issued a data breach notice to patients after it was found someone had unauthorized access to an employee email account.

The first cases with Implanet's Jazz posterior fixation system were completed, the devicemaker said Feb. 9.

Since January, hospitals and health systems have banked on partnerships and multimillion-dollar initiatives to bolster spine and orthopedic care.

Partnerships have been key to Jacksonville, Fla.-based Southeast Orthopedics Specialists' growth in the last few years. In 2019, the practice banded with Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. Since then, practice also partnered with Jacksonville-based Ascension Florida & Gulf Coast, and with…

How Zimmer Biomet performed in the fourth quarter of 2021 and three more updates from spine and orthopedic device companies:

Arkansas Surgical Hospital in Little Rock has added nine physicians since 2020, including five orthopedic surgeons and two neurosurgeons.

PrecisionOS' virtual reality surgical training platform has met five industry benchmarks for validation, the company said Feb. 8.

West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla., is opening a dedicated center for spine and orthopedic care.