NewVert, a medical device company focused on minimally invasive spinal repair solutions, has released results from its international survey of spine surgeons focused on trend in lumbar discectomy.
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Fairfield, N.J.-based device company Cygnus Medical released new endoscopic accessories for the operating room.
Zachariah George, MD, has joined Neurological Surgery, P.C., a Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based private practice of neurosurgeons and allied specialists.
Orthopedic surgeon Jeffrey Jockel, MD, will join the staff of Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital this month as its new foot and ankle specialist.
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare and a consortium of 30 physicians have formed joint venture partnership to develop a multispecialty ASC. The facility is affiliated with BBL Medical Facilities.
Jason Steindler, DO, an interventional pain management specialist, joined St. Mary's Pain Management Health Center in Amsterdam, N.Y., according to a report from the Times-Union.
The Grainger County Commission in eastern Tennessee voted to form a special committee to regulate pain management clinics, according to a WBIR report.
From 2007 through 2010, many physician specialties in practices saw an increase in compensation, but the surgical specialties witnessed some of the largest pay growth in that four-year span, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2011 compensation and financial…
Four legal issues carry the most concern around accountable care organizations: Stark Law, the federal Antikickback Statute, tax-exempt status and antitrust law. These laws are structured to prevent fraud and abuse of federal healthcare programs, but could potentially impede ACO…
Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program payments to-date have surpassed $6.5 billion for eligible hospitals, eligible professionals and critical access hospitals, according to CMS' July 2012 data (pdf).