Author: Staff

Dr. Arnold Menezes became the 10th person to receive the 2019 Franc D. Ingraham Award for Distinguished Service and Achievement for his contributions to neurological healthcare.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Health Plan launched its Center of Excellence program for elective hip and knee replacements in August 2019, seeking to expand access to facilities that provided higher quality and a better patient experience.

Aurora Spine Corp. closed the first tranche of approximately $1.66 million in private placement financing.

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end…

Patient records of K. Mathew Warnock, MD, of Fondren Orthopedic Group, were damaged in a November malware attack.

Zimmer Biomet reported a slight increase in fourth quarter and full year sales in 2019, reporting a strong performance in hips, knees and robotic system sales. 

In the past month, eight orthopedic practices have linked up with hospitals and health systems:

These eight spine and orthopedic practices added new services or specialists in the past month:

Here are nine orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians who joined new practices or received new appointments in the past month:

Medicare's decision to allow total joint replacements to be performed in the outpatient setting could affect value-based payment models in positive and negative ways, according to a piece in HealthAffairs.