In rare bipartisan unanimity, the Senate approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix that averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, according to a report by Reuters.
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Washington University in St. Louis has announced the opening of a spine center at its outpatient facility in Chesterfield, Mo.
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Ralph F. Rashbaum, MD, co-founder of Texas Back Institute, recently jointed the San Jose, Calif.-based SI-Bone's medical advisory board, according to a company news release. SI-Bone is a leading spine device company that focuses on developing tools for diagnosing and…
Kaiser Permanente Total Joint Replacement Registry began in 2001 and has so far registered 100,000 implants. Kaiser Permanente researchers recently released a prospective study of 80,000 total joint replacements and 5,000 anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures from the Anterior Cruciate…
Wright Medical Group has launched a limited release of the PRO-TOE VO hammertoe fixation system for patients requiring the fusion of lesser toes for hammertoe deformity, according to a company news release.
Bilateral vertebral artery and cervical nerve root preservation is possible when performing intralesional total spondylectomy in patients with C2 vertebral body tumors, according to an article published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.
Small Bone Innovations has sold its shoulder-related assets to Fx Solutions of Rue de Majornas, a French company that is focused on providing treatment solutions for shoulder fractures and trauma and will market the newly acquired assets, according to a…
Pretrial proceedings in federal lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System recall have been consolidated and will be overseen by a federal judge in Ohio, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek news report.
When RAC contractors start complex reviews of Medicare Part B claims, they will likely hit practices in a weak spot, physicians' use of CPT modifier -25, according to a report by the RAC Monitor.