The Congressional Budget Office lowered its estimate from 21 million to 13 million for how many Americans will enroll in a healthcare plan purchased through the ACA marketplace, according to News Max Health.
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Medicare costs for post-acute care more than doubled between 2001 and 2013, causing alarm in Congress, according to Roll Call.
Paradigm Spine, a New York-based developer of lumbar spinal stenosis treatment solutions, published "Evaluation of Decompression and Interlaminar Stabilization Compared with Decompression and Fusion for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: 5-year Follow-up of a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial."
Whether physicians find online reviews valid, more patients are using online surveys. Boston-based Nuance, a health tech company, found more than half of millennials said they used online reviews to find a doctor, according to Physicians Practice.
Israel-based ReWalk Robotics published the first case study of its ReWalk robotic exoskeleton in Spinal Cord Series and Cases, according to CNN Money. The study involved a patient who used the device for six months.
JPMorgan Chase restated Smith & Nephew stock's "neutral" rating, according to IRA Market Report.
Polyganics, a Netherlands-based medical technology company, received FDA clearance for its device that decreases neuroma formation, according to Plastics Today.
Orthopedic surgeon Ronaldo Carneiro, MD, recently performed his 4,000 surgery in six years, according Naples Daily News.
Orthopedic surgeon David T. Neuman, MD, co-authored a book and website with physical therapist Karena Wu, PT, to help patients navigate post-op treatment.
Physician medical group mergers and acquisitions were up in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the Health Care M&A report from Irving Levin Associates.