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Shaun L. Traub, MD, and Jason W. Velez, MD, recently joined Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, according to practice news release.
Shane Nho, MD, a physician with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently shared his expertise on trends in treating bicep injuries in an article for the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to a practice news…
MAKO Surgical Corp., a medical device company producing robotic and minimally invasive orthopedic devices, has reported $12 million in total revenue for the third quarter of 2010, an increase of 79 percent from the third quarter of 2009, according to…
In the latest addition of AAOS Now, D. Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, a hand surgeon and member of the AAOS practice management committee, led a discussion about the recently FDA-approved enzyme injection treatment for Dupuytren contracture.
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In its final rule for outpatient procedures, CMS rejected a request to develop specific payment codes for some orthopedic implants, saying providers could assign charges to a C-code or an uncoded revenue line.
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