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Felix H. Cheung, MD, has joined the Holzer Clinic Regional Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Center in Gallipolis, Ohio, according to a report by the Herald-Dispatch.

David Schlactus, CEO of Willamette (Ore.) Surgery Center and Hope Orthopedics of Oregon in Salem, Ore., set out his concerns with the House and Senate health reform bills in an opinion piece in the Oregonian.

Chicago-based NeuStrategy and San Diego-based SpineMark recently completed a nationwide survey of hospital-based spine programs to determine best practices of leading spine programs.

The Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation and Mills-Peninsula Medical Group in Burlingame, Calif., are considering a merger that would create a 1,300 physician group that would cover the Peninsula, Silicon Valley, the East Bay and Santa Cruz areas, according to…

A majority of medical liability premiums has remained stable or dropped in 2009, according to a Medical Liability Monitor survey cited in a report by AMEDNews.

Medtronic saw an 8 percent increase in total revenue and a 4 percent increase in spinal revenue in the second quarter of its fiscal year, compared with the same period last year, according to a report from Medtronic.

Ophthalmology and orthopedic surgery have the highest rates of incorrect procedures within the OR, according to a study in the Archives of Surgery.

The U.S. market for trauma fixation devices, accounting for nearly $3 billion in sales, will continue to grow rapidly in the next five years, despite the current economic slowdown, according to a release by Millennium Research Group.

San Francisco-based SpineGuard, a medical device start-up company, has named Alan Olson, founder and former president of Danek Medical, as director, according to a SpineGuard news release.

The North Carolina Medical Society, along with other state physician groups, oppose a contract addendum sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that the physicians say would allow the insurance provider to change fees at any time and…