Author: Staff

Here are seven key notes on major spine and orthopedic device companies.

This month, several physicians have received letters from United Healthcare terminating them from its Medicare Advantage — or Medicare Part C — plans, according to a Medscape report.

Spine surgeon researchers led by Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, conducted a study to develop a widely accepted, comprehensive thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and then published their results in Spine.

Monica C. Wehby, MD, a neurosurgeon based in Portland, Ore., announced she would resign her post on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons board of directors to run for the United States Senate.

Baxano Surgical has received a U.S. patent for the direct visual approach of the VEO Lateral Access and Interbody Fusion System.

Orthozon Technologies' Lumiere Retractor System was recognized by Orthopedics This Week as one of the Top Ten Best New Technology advancements for spine.

An independent study looked at the Kiva VCF Treatment System by Benvenue Medical in comparison to the balloon kyphoplasty and found fewer new fractures and half the cement used than the balloon kyphoplasty.

Hoag Orthopedic Institute, based in Irvine, Calif., has launched the American Orthopaedic Association's Own the Bone Program.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers published a study highlighting the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Evidence-Based Guidelines on treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.

Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the blog Not Running a Hospital, wrote a post comparing his health plan costs under Massachusetts' Health Connector and the Patient Protection and…