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Over the last few years, there have been three interesting antitrust cases involving physician-owned hospitals. From a physician-owned hospital perspective, the outcome of the cases were an outright win, a settlement and a loss. A brief discussion of each is…
Two senators and two congressmen from New Jersey lobbied the FDA for approval of Menaflex, the orthopedic device whose Dec. 2008 approval is now being called into question by the FDA, according to a report by the Washington Examiner.
Greensboro (N.C.) Orthopaedics will save $750,000 by consolidating operations at a single site, according to a report by the Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area.
A proposal for an association of doctors to set up a network to advertise services and provide referrals would not incur prosecution under the Medicare anti-kickback statute, according to an advisory opinion of the Office of the Inspector General of…
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AxioMed Spine Corp. has been awarded the Ferchill Partner Award for its medical innovation and economic impact on the community in the Sixth Annual Cleveland Clinic Innovator Awards, according to a release from AxioMed Spine.
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have developed a metallic glass alloy that, when used as an support plate in orthopedic surgery, is expected to harmlessly degrade in the body without having to be removed, according to a report by…
Stellartech in Sunnyvale, Calif., and OrthoMEMS in Menlo Park, Calif., will co-develop a reader for wireless communication with a miniature implanted sensor in the spine, according to a release from the two companies.
A new study from the RAND Corp. outlines methods that could be used to test a payment system in which physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers would be paid a set fee for treating an "episode of care," a single ailment…
In a 15-8 vote, the Senate Finance Committee rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) that would create a public healthcare insurance plan, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.