Forbes released its 2022 list of America's best large employers Feb. 10 and recognized four medical device companies.
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Vijay Yanamadala, MD, was named chief medical officer of Sword Health, a virtual musculoskeletal care platform.
University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine began offering a new rotator cuff repair procedure, according to a Feb. 10 news release.
DePuySynthes, the orthopedic arm of Johnson & Johnson, acquired CrossRoads Extremity Systems.
Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, of New York City-based NYU Langone Health, completed the first case with Smith+Nephew's Journey II medial dished knee replacement system.
The Justice Department on Feb. 9 charged orthopedic surgeon Evangelos Megariotis, MD, with 34 counts of illegally prescribing controlled substances to patients.
The CDC has proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers that would remove its previous recommended ceilings for chronic pain patients and encourage physicians to use their best judgment, according to The New York Times.
Management services organizations have become increasingly popular for orthopedic practices that want administrative and business support.
The ringleader of a scheme to defraud a healthcare benefit program for retired NFL players was sentenced to five years in prison, the Justice Department said Feb. 9.
The orthopedic specialty has many influential figures that surgeons look up to. Two surgeons told Becker's Spine Review the leaders they would want to spend time with.