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CareFusion, a global medical technology company, reported fiscal year 2012 fourth quarter revenue at $968 million, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year.

Here are financial reports from the spine business of eight orthopedic and spine device companies for the second quarter of 2012 or the fourth quarter of the 2012 fiscal year.

As the healthcare environment changes, some spine surgeons and specialists are considering converting their practice into a concierge medicine model that will allow patients to have exclusive access to the physician and medical services.

Limerick, Penn.-based medical device maker Teleflex announced it is acquiring Netherlands-based LMA International NV, an anesthesia and emergency care product company, for $276 million, according to Reuters.

National health spending grew 3.9 percent from June 2011 to June 2012, according a report by the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

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