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The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to dismiss the state of Virginia's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law to require most Americans to have health insurance by 2014, according to an AHA News Now…
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Innovative Medical Products, a global leader in patient positioning, has introduced the patented Clip-On Pad Set for use with the Universal Lateral Positioner in hip surgery and other procedures requiring fixed, stable lateral positioning, according to an IMP news release.
Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake in Dallas and Stryker Corp. recently hosted a live, one-day surgery symposium for over 30 orthopedic surgeons with a focus on hip and knee reconstruction, according to a Doctors Hospital news release.
Robert J. Zehr, MD, founder of the Zehr Center for Orthopaedics in Naples, Fla., was named to Gulfshore Life Magazine's list of "Top Doctors" in Southwest Florida, to be published in the magazine's June 2010 issue.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has published new medical treatment guidelines for hip and groin disorders.
Exactech, a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products, has announced the acquisition of Brighton Partners, the sole source supplier of the direct compression molded polyethylene bearings used in Exactech's Optetrak knee replacement system.
SpineGuard, developer of the PediGuard technology, has named Alan Olsen, founder of Danek Medical, as its chairman.
ASC executives and back specialists say that pine surgery is the last, great, untapped frontier — the final medical specialty and potential ASC business line remaining relatively unexploited.