The Kentucky Senate Judiciary Committee may vote next week on a bill that would require pain clinics to be registered and have an account with the state's electronic prescription monitoring system, according to a NECN.com report.
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Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will hold its annual football injuries conference in May for sports medicine professionals, according to a practice news release.
Portland (Ore.) Integrated Health & Sports Medicine recently opened, according to a report from The Oregonian.
Twenty years after initially proposing the idea of a specialty spine hospital, the physicians of Nebraska Spine Center in Omaha were finally able to open the doors of their very own, physician-owned spine hospital in August of 2010. Despite several…
NuVasive, a minimally disruptive spine device company, recently reported fourth quarter 2011 revenue at $150.2 million, a 16.2 percent increase from the same period last year, according to a company news release.
The University of Connecticut Medical Center has begun construction on a new facility to house its orthopedics and sports medicine specialists, according to a report from the Record Journal.
Small Bone Innovations, a New York-based orthopedics device company, recently appointed Michael P. Simpson as president and CEO, according to a company news release.
Frederick M. Azar, MD, chief of staff at Campbell Clinic in Memphis, was recently elected the second vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to an AAOS news release.
Johnson & Johnson recently made concessions to convince the European Union's antitrust regulator that it's acquisition of Swiss company Synthes is clear of any issues, according to a New York Times report.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have delayed Stage 2 of meaningful use of electronic health records one year until Oct. 1, 2013, according to an AHA report.