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Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University (St. Louis). Barnes-Jewish is the largest hospital in Missouri, with more than 1,250 beds, more than 1,800 employed physicians and nearly 18,300 surgeries performed in 2008. The hospital has four dedicated neurosurgery ORs and its 20-bed…

Here is the average time spent in convalescent care unit, post-anesthesia care unit and operating room for a number of spine procedures performed in the ASC setting, according to a study completed by Kenneth Pettine, MD. The study analyzed data…

CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Teri A. Gatchel, MBA, CPC, a consultant with KarenZupko & Associates who is an expert in coding for orthopedic surgery practices,dsicusses…

The FDA has cleared MedShape Solutions' Morphix Suture Anchor, a shape memory PEEK (polyaryletheretherketone) device for orthopedics using shape memory PEEK Altera material.

Innovative Medical Products has introduced the Phase 4 Gel Splint, a forearm traction splint for shoulder or elbow arthroscopy, according to a release from Innovative Medical Products.

The FDA has commissioned the Institute of Medicine to study the premarket clearance process for medical devices, according to a release from the FDA.

DJO/Chattanooga Group, a Chattanooga, Tenn., company that makes rehabilitation equipment for musculoskeletal, neurological and soft-tissue problems, is closing down after 60 years in operation, according to a report by Knoxvillebiz.com.

The orthopedics industry in Warsaw, Ind., has received a $7 million grant to advance and support growth and innovation, according to a release from the Kosciusko County Community Foundation.

An analyst at JPMorgan Chase said medical device makers have agreed to a tax on the industry to help pay for health reform, but at half of the projected $4 billion annual tax that health reform planners had proposed, according…

The Senate Finance Committee worked through issues related to proposed reductions in funding to Medicare during the second day of mark up on the Senate's healthcare reform bill, proposed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), according to a report in the…