Aurora Spine, a Toronto, Canada-based spinal implant manufacturer, on April 27 received loan proceeds of $450,877 under the Paycheck Protection Program, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
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CMS has suspended advance Medicare payments to Part B suppliers, including physicians, other medical professionals and durable medical equipment suppliers, and is reevaluating accelerated payments to hospitals.
Medtronic Executive Chairman Omar Ishrak recently appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to discuss COVID-19 and resuming medical procedures for non-urgent, non-COVID-19 patients.
Stryker reported executive pay reductions in an SEC filing on April 27 due to the pandemic.
There have been five big orthopedic and spine practice mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2020.
A Johnson & Johnson spinal engineer recently 3D-printed 350 face shields for healthcare workers in Pennsylvania, Chestnut Hill Local reports.
James Ficke, MD, director of orthopedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is supervising operations at a 250-bed field hospital in the city.
Big Thunder Orthopedics in Ontario, Canada, is offering a nasal photodisinfection technology to protect staff from contracting COVID-19.
Cincinnati-based OrthoCincy is using a team-based strategy to get elective surgeries restarted after Ohio loosened restrictions on non-urgent procedures, according to Local 12, WKRC-TV.
Neal ElAttrache, MD, joined the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute's board of directors, according to an April 26 announcement.