Medical device companies and surgeons are banding together to ask CMS to roll back new prior authorization requirements set to go into effect July 1.
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus was the first in the state to perform a shoulder replacement surgery with mixed reality 3D hologram technology.
Matt Tharp has been named CFO of Holt, Mich.-based Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, an orthopedic implant manufacturing company, according to an April 6 release.
Florida health officials have ordered a spine surgeon to take additional courses and pay a fine after performing disc replacement surgery on the wrong part of a patient's spine, the Miami Herald reports.
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From patent infringement lawsuits to False Claims Act violations and an upcoming Supreme Court decision, here are five court battles involving orthopedic device companies this year:
Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare is repurposing an 80,000-square-foot gym at its Livermore (Calif.) campus into a specialty facility that will provide spine, orthopedic and gastrointestinal care, according to The Independent.
Here are six updates from spine and orthopedic device companies over the past week:
In the last month, two spine surgeon leaders have left Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins for other healthcare organizations on the East Coast: