NuVasive reported revenue of $151.7 million during the first quarter of 2012, a 21.9 percent increase over the same period last year.
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James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform unlar collateral ligament repair on New York Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey, according to a New Jersey Online report.
The American Hospital Association has expressed concern over elements of the proposed rule for Stage 2 meaningful use, stating the rules "would stand in the way of a successful program to support widespread adoption by all hospitals."
A recent study in The Spine Journal finds that patients with reportedly higher levels of depression before operation were less likely than patients with lower levels to improve after revision surgery for adjacent segment disease (ASD), pesudoarthrosis and recurrent stenosis.
Thomas Jefferson University has announced Scott Waldman, MD, PhD, a member of Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center, has been awarded a Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement grant to help advance a molecular diagnostic test for colon cancer into commercialization, according to a…
R. Fraser Stokes, MD, a gastroenterologist at Southwestern Gastrointestinal Specialists in Uniontown, Pa., has written a column on colorectal cancer prevention for the Herald Standard.
Steroid injections for back pain are no more effective than a placebo, according to a study reported in the New York Times.
Wisconsin may have an online statewide prescription drug monitoring program as early as next year, according to a Reedsburg Times-Press report. Pharmacies will begin submitting data for the system this fall.
The guidelines that refer to physician and coding staff associated with CPT code 29880 and 29881 changed when chondroplasty is performed with a meniscectomy, meaning the change for 2012 is with the meniscectomy CPT codes — not with the chondroplasty…
There are several steps spine surgeons must take when migrating their cases from the inpatient setting to an outpatient surgery center. Beyond the appropriate training, surgeons must consider how their practice will change as a result of the transition and…