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Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health recently purchased two ROSA Knee Systems from Zimmer Biomet, according to NBC affiliate NewsCenter1.
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center unveiled plans Jan. 21 to develop an $80 million surgical institute that will overhaul the hospital's operating rooms and expand orthopedic services, The Palm Beach Post reports.
Craig, Colo.-based Memorial Regional Health on Jan. 22 partnered with Steamboat Orthopaedic and Spine Institute in Steamboat Springs, Colo., reports the Craig Press.
Medicare will cover a new solution for low back pain: acupuncture.
The Anand Spine Group in Los Angeles is participating in an Investigational Device Exemption study examining two cervical total disc replacement devices, according to a Jan. 21 announcement published by Patch.
Former Insys Therapeutics CEO Michael Babich was sentenced to 30 months in prison Jan. 22 for his role in a kickback scheme encouraging physicians to prescribe more opioids, Bloomberg Law reports.
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William Meyers, MD, repaired a core muscle injury on Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Jan. 21, the team reported.