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A survey in this week's issue of the journal Health Affairs found that 53 percent of academic research faculty in the life sciences at top research institutions said they had financial ties to industry, according to a report by the…

While health insurers claim they spend 87 cents out of every premium dollar on healthcare, the actual amount is "significantly lower," according to a release by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).

LDR's new VerteBridge plating technology for spine surgery has been implanted 2,500 times in the United States since its introduction 18 months ago, according to a release from LDR.

Designating a nurse as the single point of contact for all orthopedics patients has reduced the length of stay for orthopedics at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs, Kan., according to a report by the Kansas City Star.

CMS is going ahead with plans to slash Medicare physician reimbursements by 21.2 percent next year, following a requirement to put reimbursements in line with a sustainable growth rate formula, according to a final rule issued by CMS.

Wade Smith, MD, director of the orthopedic trauma program at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., has been awarded a $97,000 grant from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association for a pilot program to care for patients recovering from hip fractures.

Birmingham, Ala., Orthopedic Surgeon Lawrence Lemak, MD, will be moving his practice to Trinity Medical Center's east Birmingham campus, according to a report by the Birmingham Business Journal.

Due to a request from Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of the Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors subject to enforcement by the FTC, according to an FTC news release.

A study by researchers at Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery found that aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States…

South Texas Health Systems in McAllen, Texas, has agreed to pay $27.5 million to settle claims that it paid kickbacks to physicians for referring patients to its hospitals, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.