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The National Hockey League issued Rule 48 this season, banning blindside hits to the head to combat the growing number of concussions sustained by professional hockey players during the season, according to an ESPN report.

New Jersey will sign into law comprehensive concussion prevention and treatment law to be implemented by the 2011-2012 academic year, focusing on athletic head injury safety programs, according to a New Jersey Today report.

Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD, is the chief of the spine service at the Hospital for Special Surgery and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He regularly offers his expertise to…

Both Houses of Congress have approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix, which averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, and President Obama is expected to sign it, according to a report by the Hill.

Ultrasound-guided injection of autologous skin-derived tendon-like cells can be used to treat patellar tendinopathy with greater improvement in pain and function than with plasma alone for short-term use, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Leaders from the NFL have convened to discuss concussion prevention and invited helmet manufacturers, physicists and surgeons into the discussion, according to a New York Times report.

Henry Finn, MD, has been named medical director of the Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss Memorial Hospital, according to a hospital news release.

In rare bipartisan unanimity, the Senate approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix that averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, according to a report by Reuters.

Ralph F. Rashbaum, MD, co-founder of Texas Back Institute, recently jointed the San Jose, Calif.-based SI-Bone's medical advisory board, according to a company news release. SI-Bone is a leading spine device company that focuses on developing tools for diagnosing and…

When RAC contractors start complex reviews of Medicare Part B claims, they will likely hit practices in a weak spot, physicians' use of CPT modifier -25, according to a report by the RAC Monitor.