A Baton Rouge, La. woman was arrested for using a false prescription to secure opioids, local news affiliate WAFB reports.
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New Orleans-based Tulane Health System promoted Ben Hughes to vice president of orthopedics and surgery, The Advocate reports.
NuVasive has made significant inroads with its main product portfolio since it appointed new senior leadership, Seeking Alpha reports.
Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is building a large orthopedic and robotic surgery center on its campus, the Chillicothe Gazette reports.
Five spine and neurosurgeons in the news over the past week.
William Smith, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Medical Center, performed a free joint replacement through Operation Walk USA 2019, the Valdosta Daily Times reports.
An appellate court said a 2012 lawsuit brought by three UPMC employees over allegedly unnecessary neurosurgery had merit and ordered it to be reinstated, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports.
Stryker focused on growth this year with multiple acquisitions, while it continued integrating K2M, a spine-focused company it acquired in 2018 for $1.4 billion.
Zimmer Biomet spent the past year focused on remediation efforts at its Warsaw (Ind.) North Campus, enabling technology and preparing a pipeline of new technology for the next year.
Here are three key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies: