The Spine Network of California has launched a patient advocacy service to help patients navigate the complexities of treatment, insurance coverage and claims, according to an organization news release.
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Calin Moucha, MD, associate chief of joint replacement surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, is heading efforts to decrease surgical site infections for total joint replacement patients, according to a report from the New York Daily News.
Kenneth Pettine, MD, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon and co-owner of the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, lists five ways cash payments for spine surgery can help the patient and the ASC.
Wright Medical Group has replaced the three executives who stepped down "without good reason" amid internal investigations about improper payments to physicians last quarter, according to a report from The Daily News.
Riley Williams, MD, team physician for the New Jersey Nets, and Andrew Weiland, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, recently performed surgery on Nets center Brook Lopez to remove calcium deposits and…
Alphatec Spine, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based spine device company, reported first quarter revenue of $49.7 million, which represents a 40.9 percent growth over the first quarter of 2010, according to a company news release.
Biophosphonates, which is included in such medications as Actonel and Zometa, are often prescribed to prevent and treat osteoporosis, but new research shows that it could be associated with an increased risk of a rare femoral shaft fracture, according to…
Highlands Neurosurgery in Bristol, Tenn., was an unusually early adopter of electronic health records. The practice, which has two neurosurgeons and two physiatrists, installed an EHR system in the 1990s, when it was a beta site for an early system.…
Laser Spine Institute Medical Director Michael W. Perry, MD, spine surgeon Vernon Morris, MD, and Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives John Polikandriotis recently published a case study on successful endoscopic spine surgery for a patient with spondylolisthesis in the Journal…
The global orthopedics industry approached $30 billion in 2010, with an annual growth rate of about 5 to 7 percent, according to a Pharma Life report, based on research from UBM Canon.