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Joshua Dines, MD, David Altchek, MD, James Andrews, MD, and Neal ElAttrache, MD, have collaborated to author the book Sports Medicine of Baseball.

Stephen Ashwal, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center, and a group of researchers have authored the new sports concussion guidelines that have been accepted by the American Academy of Neurology, according to a report by…

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines (Iowa) has been named a Blue Distinction Center in the areas of spinal surgery and knee and hip replacement by BlueCross and BlueShield, according to a Business Record report.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "Keys to Keeping Surgery Centers Profitable Businesses."

A new bill has been proposed by Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.), which aims to reduce regulatory burdens for Medicare providers and tailor meaningful use requirements to better meet their needs, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

MedPAC released its annual report on Medicare Payment Policy, which includes recommendations for ambulatory surgery centers, according to a Health Finance report.

Spine surgeons have seen reimbursements drop over the past few years, and will likely continue to experience downward pressure in the future. Medicare recently announced a 2 percent reimbursement reduction as part of sequestration spending cuts as well. Here are…

A study recently published in Spine examined the reoperation rate for patients undergoing spine surgery for disc herniation.

A recent MarketsandMarkets report estimated the biomaterials market to be worth $88.4 billion by 2017, increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 15 percent between 2012 and 2017.

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