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The Obama administration launched a drug payment pilot program last month that reduces physician earnings for expensive drug administration and makes generics attractive, according to a report in the Washington Post.

Health insurance exchanges, Medicare and low-reimbursing payers all have an impact on orthopedic practices.

4WEB Medical has received a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office titled "Programmable Implants and Methods of Using Programmable Implants to Repair Bone Structures."

Here are 20 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.

Dennis Crandall, MD, is the medical director of Tempe, Ariz.-based Sonoran Spine, where he also serves as the chairman of the Sonoran Spine Research and Education Foundation. He is a team spine surgeon for the Phoenix Suns and the Arizona…

Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, MPH, directs the Foot and Ankle Institute at University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. She is also the associate chair of academic affairs for URMC's department of orthopedics and a professor of orthopedics. She is a…

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons treating professional athletes this past month.

Here are 11 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.

Here are six spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

From 2014 to 2019, the global spine surgery market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.49 percent, according to Research and Markets' "Global Spine Surgery Market 2015-2019."