The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on physician-owned distributorships to explore how physicians receive revenue from medical devices used in surgery with PODs.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers named their South Side training facility after Chairman Dan Rooney and expanded a partnership with UPMC, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Walter Stanwood, MD, was elected to the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, according to a report from The Old Colony Memorial.
Zyga Technology completed a $20 million round of financing.
A new study published in Spine examined urinary tract infections in patients after posterior lumbar fusion procedures.
Jonathan Macknin, MD, joined The CORE Institute in Phoenix, according to AZ Big Media.
The global spinal implants market captured 24.3 percent of the orthopedic market in 2014, according to Data Bridge Market Research.
Spine surgeons created the West African Spine Society, according to Daily Trust.
Orthopedic spine surgeon Kate McCarthy, MD, of Arkansas Specialty Orthopaedics in Little Rock, strives to interest young women in orthopedics through the Perry Initiative, according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
LDR company shares dropped 11.25 percent the week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 13, and 10.18 percent in the last four weeks, according to American Trade Journal.