San Carlos, Calif.-based Rhausler, Inc., a medical device company specializing in spinal implants and instrumentation, announced that in fiscal year 2009, the company experienced growth of nearly 700 percent for its spinal implant devices, according to a Rhausler news release.
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OrthAlign, Inc., a privately held medical device company in Aliso Viejo, Calif., has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the latest design of its palm-sized disposable KneeAlign computer-assisted system for total knee arthroplasty, according…
Here are four recent technological trends involving orthopedic implants and devices.
By a vote of 56 to 43, the Senate passed changes in the health reform bill, which will now be returned to the House of Representatives for a final vote, according to a report by the New York Times.
North Carolina expects to recover tens of millions dollars a year in fraudulent Medicaid claims by hiring a contractor to sift through electronic submissions rather than relying on reviews of paper claims, according to a report by Business Week.
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a cap on medical malpractice damages created in 2005 cannot be applied retroactively to cases that occurred before the cap went into effect, according to a report by Business Week.
Rolondae Mitchell-Straughter and Ana Quinteros both pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in an "arthritis kit" Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
For physician-owned hospitals, the healthcare reform bill and its impact is very clear and very negative. For ASCs, there is much less direct impact and the long-term impact is much less clear.
Custom Spine has received FDA clearance to market PATHWAY ACIF, an anterior cervical interbody spacer, which compliments the company's low-profile anterior cervical plate system, Regent ACP, released this past November, according to a Custom Spine news release.
RTI Biologics, an Alachua, Fla.-based processor of orthopedic, dental, hernia and other biologic implants, has entered into an agreement with Reimbursement Principles, a full service consulting group specializing in medical device reimbursements, which includes the development of a toll-free hotline…