Through a bundled payment agreement, Walmart employees will have access to free spine procedures at certain health systems and hospitals with no out-of-pocket cost, according to a news release published in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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St. Luke's Performance Medicine, a department within St. Luke's The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital, has debuted its expansion and renovation, according to a Woodlands Online report.
Zimmer is celebrating 15 years of its Trabecular Metal Technology, which is used in knee, hip and shoulder replacements, trauma applications, spine implants and other healthcare products.
The Florida Orthopaedic Institute and Florida Hospital Carrollwood are conducting a clinical study of the ACADIA Facet Replacement System for lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a local Patch report.
Lanx, a medical device company specializing in devices for spinal surgery, has reported clinical study results that show positive patient outcomes and reduced hospital costs associated with its ASPEN MIS Fusion System.
Sonoma Orthopedics has named Rick Epstein president and CEO.
Hospital readmissions for spine surgery may be overestimated by current algorithms, according to the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Kevin McDonald, Senior Vice President of Sales, Revenue Cycle Solutions Division of SourceMedical Solutions will give a presentation titled "ICD-10."
A year-long study published in the American Journal of Managed Care showed that chronic opioid users place a significant economic burden on the healthcare system.
Ameritox appointed A. Scott Walton as its new CEO in September.