The FDA is requiring that data submitted from clinical investigations conducted outside the U.S. for medical device approval be conducted according to good clinical practice. This final rule is effective Feb. 21, 2019.
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CMS designated NuVasive's SpineTRACK Registry as a qualified clinical data registry for the 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System reporting year. Participants can now use SpineTRACK to earn Medicare payment incentives.
Todd Alamin, MD, is a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Stanford (Calif.) University Medical Center.
The American Joint Replacement Registry announced its executive committee and 2018 Steering Committee representatives. In October 2017, AJRR became part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' registries portfolio and the AJRR Board of Directors became the AJRR Steering Committee.
Spine Wave launched additional implants within its Proficient Posterior Cervical Spine System product line.
In 2016, 11 million U.S. patients traveled around the world for various medical procedures such as orthopedic surgery, according to Medical Tourism Magazine. Medical tourism offers patients affordable healthcare along with the chance to travel.
Here are 11 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies from the past week.
Dartmouth, Mass.-based Hawthorn Medical Associates sports medicine physician Chad Beattie, MD, was hospitalized Feb. 19 after sustaining serious injuries from a snowmobile crash, South Coast Today reports.
James Andrews, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Institute.
Caroline Park is a medical student at New York City-based Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She's also a Korean women's ice hockey team player at her first Olympic games, amNewYork reports.