Bruce Malone, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Austin (Texas) Bone and Joint Clinic, recently performed clavicle surgery on Texas Governor Rick Perry, according to a KXAN news report.
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David Altchek, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, will perform a knee procedure for Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the All Star break, according to an ESPN LA report.
Wright Medical Group announced fourth quarter net sales at $126.9 million, an 8 percent decrease over the same period last year.
Physician organizations have expressed concern that minimum health coverage standards to begin in 2014 might not provide sufficient coverage, according to an American Medical News report.
Deadlines are looming for state participation in federal healthcare reform law provisions, according to a Lancaster Eagle Gazette report.
The Kentucky Senate Judiciary Committee may vote next week on a bill that would require pain clinics to be registered and have an account with the state's electronic prescription monitoring system, according to a NECN.com report.
Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will hold its annual football injuries conference in May for sports medicine professionals, according to a practice news release.
Portland (Ore.) Integrated Health & Sports Medicine recently opened, according to a report from The Oregonian.
Twenty years after initially proposing the idea of a specialty spine hospital, the physicians of Nebraska Spine Center in Omaha were finally able to open the doors of their very own, physician-owned spine hospital in August of 2010. Despite several…
NuVasive, a minimally disruptive spine device company, recently reported fourth quarter 2011 revenue at $150.2 million, a 16.2 percent increase from the same period last year, according to a company news release.