Aetna updates laminotomy/laminectomy payment policy; considers additional edits | The 2 actions Trump took on healthcare Thursday: 9 things to know | Drs. Todd Lanman, Vikram Udani & more: 9 spine, neurosurgeons making headlines | 58 hospitals with innovation programs…
Spine Review
[MIS edition] Drs. Nick Theodore, Ali Bydon, Kade Huntsman perform 1st surgeries using Globus Medical’s ExcelsiusGPS: 5 takeaways | Tenet sells hospital to Loyola with eye on exiting Chicago market | SI-Bone’s iFuse receives coverage from Utah’s Public Employees Health…
NuVasive files complaint against former board member who resigned for Alphatec post – Alphatec fires back | Former Cleveland Clinic executive pleads guilty in $2.7M fraud scheme | 25 business rules | Implanet reports 20% Q3 revenue growth: 5 things…
[Outpatient spine] Renew Spinal Care, SpineMark enter strategic alliance: 6 key notes | CMS revokes physician’s Medicare billing privileges over $670 in questionable charges | Allegion Spine Institute joins Back Pain Centers of America & more – 7 outpatient spine…
K2M adjusts projected 2017 revenue down after hurricanes soften Q3 sales | CMS revokes physician’s Medicare billing privileges over $670 in questionable charges | Mazor sells 22 systems in Q3, hands over Mazor X distribution to Medtronic | 100 hospitals…
DePuy Synthes, Stryker & more: 5 device company mergers, acquisitions & agreements | Tenet shutters 4 regional management offices to cut costs | AxioMed secures $10M in pledges prior to 2nd funding round opening – 4 highlights of the company’s…
Dr. Mick Perez-Cruet on how spine treatment is evolving: Spinal biologics, regeneration and minimally invasive surgery | UPHS-Marquette nurses engage in 2-day strike | DePuy Synthes, Stryker, Zimmer Biomet & more: 13 device company notes | Police: Man posted video…
Novant Health to open new $67M orthopedic hospital in Charlotte: 5 things to know | Virginia hospital closes | 200 industry professionals to speak at Becker’s Oct. conf. Reg. today! | Drs. Dale Sutherland, Matthew Lilley & more: 21 orthopedic…
Federal judge rejects former sales rep’s suit against Zimmer Biomet over firing after testimony against surgeon: 5 key notes | HHS withdraws 3 proposed rules: 6 things to know | TLIF transformation: How NuVasive’s technology takes the procedure to the…
[Outpatient spine] Dr. Marco Rodriguez opens International Spine Institute specializing in MIS spine: 5 highlights | Las Vegas hospitals deal with mass shooting aftermath, array of patient injuries | EOI earns FDA clearance for new expandable cage system: 5 things…
