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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.

Integra LifeSciences is releasing its Paramount Pedicle Screw Fixation System for minimally-invasive spine surgery to a select group of surgeons, according to a release from Integra.

Stryker has acquired OtisMed, a software technology company, and plans to buy assets for operating the Sonopet Ultrasonic Aspirator from Japan's Mutoh Co. and Synergetics USA, according to a release from Stryker.

Carilion Clinic said its acquisition of 10-physician Roanoke (Va.) Orthopaedic Center will not violate a consent order it signed with the Federal Trade Commission that limits its merger activity, according to a report by the Roanoke Times.

Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities in healthcare, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights have released a video, entitled "Improving Patient-Provider Communication," which supports language access in…

The Laser Spine Institute announces the opening of a new medical center in suburban Philadelphia, between Valley Forge and King of Prussia, Pa., according to an LSI release.

Charlene Frizzera, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, recently discussed the top three sectors for Medicare fraud and the agency's plans and goals for combating fraud in a letter to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), following "repeated…

The American College of Surgeons has named David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, as its new executive director, effective Jan. 1, according to an ACS news release.

Healthcare is one of the only sectors of the economy where construction is expected to grow in 2010, benefiting from relatively stable costs of construction materials, according to a release by Associated Builders and Contractors.

The FDA has approved U.S. marketing of the maxMorespine System, which will be distributed by Spine Now, according to a release from Spine Now.