Medicare recently supported the use of medical devices' identification numbers in billing records, a first for the federal agency, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System named Kurt Nilsson, MD, one of the winners of its 2016 President's Award, according to an Idaho Business Review report.
ConforMIS honored Vivek Neginhal, MD, for his contribution to the development and validation of the measured resection surgical technique using the iTotal PS Knee Replacement System, according to a Herald-Dispatch report.
Samer Attar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is volunteering in the war-torn city of Aleppo, Syria, gave NBC News an update on the worsening situation in the region.
Larry D. Field, MD, practices with Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, where he serves as director of the center's sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship program. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American…
The FDA cleared Medtronic's Prestige LP Cervical Disc for two-level applications.
Spineart's new JULIET Ti lumbar interbody systems have received the CE Mark.
Zimmer Biomet plans to acquire majority stake in MedTech, a France-based company focused on the ROSA Robotic System for brain and spine surgery, according to a Nasdaq report.
Kavita Manchikanti, MD, joined The Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky) and Marion (Ill.).
Here are eight spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.