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Florida state senators have introduced legislation that would set up a Florida health insurance exchange as required by the federal healthcare reform law, according to a Florida Independent report.

Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center pain management case volume from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Here are 15 orthopedic, spine and sports medicine research grants awarded to surgeons, device companies and researchers over the past year.

Action Products, a Hagerstown, Md.-based medical supplies company, recently ranked in the top 10 percent nationwide for GTIN Readiness, according to a company news release.

Scott Sporer, MD, and Wayne Paprosky, MD, both surgeons with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently became the first surgeons in the country to implant all compliant patients with radiostereometric analysis beads to monitor if a replacement implant is wearing down…

A new study found older patients with lower back pain are more likely to be given only painkillers after consultation, according to findings in Pain.

Karl Freydl, MD, opened Northville (Mich.) Pain Specialists and is accepting new patients, according to an Observer & Eccentric report.

Surgeons at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., recently performed hand surgery on Florida Panthers defenseman Ed Jovanovski, according to a report from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore., has named Lorissa Price new executive director of orthopedic services, according to a hospital news release.

Nearly one-sixth of head and neck cancer survivors suffer from chronic pain after five years of survival, according to findings published in the Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.