Stryker Corp. reported that its sales were $1.834 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009, representing a 6.8 percent increase over net sales of $1.718 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008, and were $6.723 billion for the year ended…
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Almost 44 percent of office-based physicians used electronic health records in 2009, up from 41.5 percent in 2008 and 35 percent in 2007, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The FDA issued 36 orthopedic- and spine-related 510(k) clearances in December, according to a report by the FDA.
RSB Spine, a privately held medical device manufacturer, has an announced a 38 percent increase in sales for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, versus year-end 2008, and a 42 percent sales increase for the fourth quarter of 2009 versus…
TransS1, a medical device maker of minimally invasive surgical products to treat degenerative disc disease and instability affecting the lower lumbar region of the spine, has named Ken Reali as its new president and COO, according to a TransS1 news…
The new PARS Osteoporosis Clinic, part of the PARS Brain and Spine Institute in Belpre, W.Va., will open for business on Jan. 18, according to a report by the News and Sentinel.
While employment among all healthcare sectors continued to grow from November to December, employment in physicians' offices and outpatient care centers, including ASCs, grew faster than in hospitals, according a release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Plainsboro, N.J.-based Integra LifeSciences, a leader in regenerative medicine, has announced that the first surgery using Integra Spine's Paramount Pedicle Screw System for minimally invasive spine surgery was performed by Andrew Parkinson, MD, of Orthopedic Associates of Oklahoma City (Okla.),…
Geffrey Alan Yielding of Jacksonville, Ark., was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, which in he was convicted of violating the healthcare anti-kickback statute and for falsifying document to conceal the fraud, according…
Here are the average and median debts and leverage ratios for surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent of the case volume in orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.