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Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia recently designated St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., a Blue Distinction Center for cardiac care, knee and hip replacement and spine surgery, according to The Herald-Dispatch.
St. Luke's Neurosurgery Associates in Duluth, Minn., welcomed neurologic surgeon Robert Bejnarowicz, DO, to its group, according to the Duluth News Tribune.
Nurse practitioner Angela Johnson, MSN, recently joined Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center.
Osiris Therapeutics, based in Columbia, Md., completed its clinical study on the effectiveness of Grafix versus EpiFix, according to Street Insider.
Former San Diego Chargers physician David J. Chao, MD, who treated NFL Hall of Famer Junior Seau from 1997 until the linebacker's suicide in 2012, is facing permanent revocation of his medical license, according to the NY Daily News.
Keith Meister, MD, examined Texas Rangers third baseman Joey Gallo after he strained his left groin, according to the Star-Telegram.
Wenzel Spine has made VariLift-LX available throughout the United States with the full commercial launch.
MD Ranger released results from its national compensation survey examining physician payment rates.
A new study published in Spine examines outpatient spine surgery in ambulatory surgery centers.