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Here are eight sports medicine physicians who received honors in July.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based Coordinated Health orthopedic surgeon James Hoffman, MD, performed the first shoulder replacement in Nepal at the Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital, according to the Morning Call.

Ten primary and specialty physician practice in Statesville, N.C., including Pinnacle Orthopedic Associates, partnered to create Davis Medical Group, according to Statesville Record & Landmark.

Neurosurgeon Drew Spencer, MD, joined the Edwards Neurosciences Institute in Naperville, Ill., according to the Chicago Tribune.

Erion Qamirani, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic in Columbia.

Dean Chou, MD, is a spine surgeon and neurosurgery professor at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.

Innovative technologies and techniques are continually erupting in the spine field, with surgeons now able to perform surgery less invasively. Improvements within the field allow surgeons to push the envelope, devising techniques and treatment plans to yield excellent patient outcomes.

CMS proposed a rule to cancel cardiac and expanded joint replacement bundled payment models on Aug. 14 and a second rule to reduce the number of mandatory geographic areas reporting in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model on Aug.…

Stryker Spine received FDA clearance for the Serrato Pedicle Screw, which surgeons use in non-cervical procedures with the Xia 3 Spinal System.

Camber Spine Technologies earned FDA clearance for its SPIRA Open Matrix ALIF device.