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Rumors run freely today about whether Medtronic will purchase Smith & Nephew after Bloomberg reported late last night the device company giant Medtronic is eyeing Smith & Nephew, which yesterday completed its $1.5 billion acquisition of ArthroCare.

Frank M. Phillips, MD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center and Co-Director of the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Minimally Invasive Spine Institute in Chicago, recently published results of a study examining the eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF)…

Paul Taylor of Ozarks Community Hospital will share his survival strategies for community hospitals at Becker's Hospital Review Annual Chief Executive Officer Strategy Roundtable in November. 

  In a Physicians Practice article, David Doyle, CEO of CRT Medical Systems, a medical billing company, discusses the top five considerations to keep in mind when hiring nonphysician providers such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

A study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines factors associated with unplanned hospital readmissions, which represent a large financial burden for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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