Two spine surgeons discuss the regulatory changes that could improve spine practice.
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CMS approved Merit-based Incentive Payment System reporting data for a neurosurgical practice submitted through NuVasive's SpineTRACK registry.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center and Andrew Cappuccino, MD, of Buffalo (N.Y.) Spine Surgery are opening a stem cell therapy center, reports WNY Papers.com.
Ciro G. Randazzo, MD, is the chief neurosurgery at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J., and a physician with IGEA Brain, Spine & Orthopedics. He is both a board-certified neurosurgeon and neuroendovascular specialist.
Hospitals across the country are making new capital purchases to expand the services and capabilities of their spine teams.
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Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD, is leaving Vail, Colo.-based The Steadman Clinic to join Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics, effective July 1.
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery will award the former chief of its foot and ankle department, Jonathan Deland, MD, its lifetime achievement award.
The FDA has approved Zimmer Biomet's Synovasure Lateral Flow Test Kit — a device used to determine infection around a joint replacement in the lubricating fluid of patients being evaluated for revision surgery.