A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines how preoperative epidural injections affect postoperative infection rates for lumbar spinal fusion patients.
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The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, based in Bethesda, Md., partnered with Capital Blue Cross and other payers to develop bundled payments for seven orthopedic procedures.
U.S. News & World Report plans to release individual physician performance analysis for knee and hip surgeons later this year, according to AAOS Now.
The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society named two traveling fellows for 2017, according to AAOS Now.
Regenerative medicine company Histogenics, based in Waltham, Mass., received a 2017 New England Innovation award sponsored by Waltham-based Smaller Business Association of New England.
Kornelis Poelstra, MD, performed 200 spine surgeries using the Mazor X system.
In April, CMS released the fourth data feed from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model. The CJR is CMS' first mandatory bundled payment initiative, with a focus on hip and knee replacements. This data feed covered episodes beginning in…
Atlanta-based Shepherd Center appointed Michael Yochelson, MD, its new CMO, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle.
A Caddis affiliate purchased Plano (Texas) Orthopedic, Dallas News reports.
In a new study published in Spinal Deformity, Neel Anand, MD, of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, analyzed circumferential minimally invasive surgical correction outcomes for patients with adult spinal deformity.