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Alachua, Fla.-based RTI Biologics donated 35 bone allograft implants to the Pennsylvania-based charity, CURE International.

John M. Kirsch, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has published "Shoulder Pain? The Solution and Prevention: Fourth Edition."

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians announced that it has formed a partnership with Henry Schein and PedsPal, a national group purchasing organization.

In a study recently published in Spine, researchers used Thomson Reuter's MarketScan database to compare lumbar spinal stenosis surgery outcomes in Medicaid patients to outcomes in commercial insurance patients.

Today, Robert Watkins, MD, of the Marina Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., is scheduled to perform spine surgery on the New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, according to an ESPN New York report.

Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minn., has announced that it plans to construct a 22,000-square-foot sports medicine center, which will be part of the clinic's 100,000-square-foot Dan Abraham Health Living Center building project, according to a MINNPOST report.

New Hanover Regional Medical Center Orthopedic Hospital in Wilmington, N.C., announced that it has been recognized as a Total Joint Replacement Specialty Center by UnitedHealth Premium.

Albany, N.Y.-based Capital Region Orthopaedics announced that it is opening a new office location in the Malta (N.Y.) Med Emergent Care Center.

The Spinal Research Foundation's We've Got Your Back Race for Spinal Health, hosted by Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, raised over $100,000.

Recently, the Medicare chargemaster data has been made publicly available for how much hospitals bill Medicare for top procedures. Rates varied widely and as media sources scramble to cover these variations, a new push toward price transparency is gaining momentum.…