Devicemaker Arthrex agreed to pay $16 million to resolve kickback allegations involving a Colorado orthopedic surgeon, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 8.
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The chief of shoulder surgery at Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Medical Center, and nine other orthopedic surgeons to know:
The new CEO of a medical technology company and four more orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or assumed new titles in October:
Alphatec, Globus Medical and SeaSpine posted their third-quarter financial reports, and all of them saw increased revenues year over year.
Happe Spine, a company developing spine and orthopedic implants, closed $3.35 million in series A capital.
Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital has named Michael Wilson, MD, as its chief medical officer, FingerLakes1.com reported Nov. 6.
Retired Lake Worth Beach, Fla., surgeon Merrill Reuter, MD, is being sued for allegedly billing at least 34 patients for spinal fusions he never performed, according to a Nov. 8 The Palm Beach Post report.
The first clinical cases with Spinal Elements' Lucent 3D-printed lumbar interbody system were completed at Hawaii Pacific Health in Honolulu and Youngstown Orthopedics Associates in Canfield, Ohio.
Conformis named James Paiva as its vice president of U.S. marketing, the company said Nov. 8.
Medtronic plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by fiscal year 2045, the company announced Nov. 8.