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Here are four hospitals recently expanding spine programs and services:

Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Rolando Garcia, MD, was elected to the Florida Orthopaedic Society's board of directors to represent the South Florida region.

Blue Cross Blue Shield awarded Flowood, Miss.-based the Surgery Center at Mississippi Sports Medicine an advanced designation, making it the only center in the Southeast U.S. with the honor.

Physician groups are worried about surviving the pandemic financially and many are running on just a few week's cash as they ramp back up for the second half of 2020, according to a report from McKinsey & Co.

Spine surgeons at Burnsville, Minn.-based Inspired Spine have developed the Trident Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System for the treatment of sacroiliac joint disease, according to a July 21 news release.

Second-quarter net sales at NuVasive declined 30 percent to between $202 million and $205 million year over year, according to a preliminary unaudited report on July 20.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute will open an office in Paramus, N.J., on July 27.

Orthopedic surgeon Cody Shafer, MD, is opening a practice in Kokomo, Ind., with Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo, according to Kokomoperspective.com.

James Chappuis, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and founder of SpineCenterAtlanta, outlines how his practice has tackled the economic challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and the key to its ramp-up strategy.