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Steven M. Theiss, MD, is the chairman of the division of orthopedic surgery at University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the director of the combined ortho/neuro spine fellowship and the John D. Sherill Professor in the division of orthopedic…

NeuroSpine Institute announced it will open a new location in Park City, Utah in January 2014.

In a Physicians Practice article, Lucien W. Roberts, a Virginia-based consultant, lays out six questions for providers to ask their clearinghouses as they prepare for the ICD-10 transition.

Sixty-seven percent of New England Journal of Medicine readers, most of whom are physicians, agreed that physician-assisted suicide should not be permitted, according to a poll conducted by the journal.

Every medical practice strives for efficiency, but there are several potential roadblocks that can derail the ideal, smoothly-run clinic.

A retrospective review of patients who underwent minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion from 2007 to 2010 that included rhBMP-2 found that complications resulted in substantial financial cost for the patients and surgeon, according to a report published in The…

Here are five trends in healthcare spending based on recent studies and reports.

Invibio Biomaterial Solutions has launched the PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced Polymer, a combination of the PEEK-based biomaterial and Hydroxyapatite, an osteoconductive material.

Warsaw Orthopedic in Indiana has been issued a patent for its bone regeneration device, according to a Hispanic Business report.

For the third year running, Medtronic has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, which ranks companies based on economic performance, environmental stewardship and social responsibility.