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Custom Spine, a Parsippany, N.J.-based spinal implant and instrument maker, announced that it has expanded its sales management team by adding three vice presidents, according to a Custom Spine news release.

Mark Kabins, MD, a Las Vegas spine surgeon, who previously pleaded guilty to concealing fraud, was sentenced to five years probation and six months home detention for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently settle a malpractice lawsuit, according to…

The Maryland Court of Appeals has upheld the state's $812,500 limit on malpractice awards for pain and suffering, overturning a lower court's award of a higher amount, according to a report by the Baltimore Business Journal.

Brian D. Rudin, MD, a spine surgeon, has joined Glenn D. Cohen, MD, a hand, wrist and elbow surgeon, at his private practice in Westlake Village, Calif., effective Jan. 1, 2010, according to a news release from the surgeons.

A federal grand jury has indicted Lillian Pagkaliwangan and Raymundo Arellano, who are married, of Lakeland, Fla., with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a report in Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Key Congressional Democrats, along with Pres. Obama, held a nearly day-long session yesterday to negotiate a joint healthcare reform legislation package with the aim of submitting a final plan to the Congressional Budget Office early next week. Negotiations are expected…

A CBS News poll finds that 36 percent of Americans approve of President Obama's handling of healthcare and 42 percent disapprove, which is a new low, according to a release from CBS.

Some gynecologists in the Columbus area are dropping Medicare patients due to low payments, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch.

Hanger Orthopedic Group, currently based in Bethesda, Md., expects to report a record fourth quarter sales of around $205 million, representing growth of 35-46 percent for the quarter, according to a Hanger news release.

Neurological Surgery, P.C., in Great Neck, N.Y., has added David Chang, MD, PhD, of Hauppauge, N.Y., to its team of neurosurgeons, according to a Neurological Surgery news release.