The North American Spine Society released revised coverage recommendations for recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein BMP-2, adding select off-label indications now supported by clinical data.
On the afternoon Hao-Hua Wu, MD, a spine surgeon at the University of California, Irvine, spoke with Becker’s, an urgent case was already testing one of his central beliefs about medicine: The ...
When E. Sander Connolly, MD, chair of neurological surgery at Columbia University and surgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, talks about what separates a ...
Best Hospitals rankings, let alone a top spot, is an exemplary accomplishment for any hospital. University of California San Francisco Medical Center has managed to rank among the top three programs ...
L&K Spine Inc. based in Texas, a leading innovator in spinal implant technologies, today announced the successful completion ...
Orthopedic medtech company Zimmer Biomet reported second-quarter net sales of $2.2 billion, an increase of nearly 5%. During the company’s earnings call, president and CEO Ivan Tornos walked through ...
The former CFO of Massachusetts-based spinal implant company SpineFrontier has been sentenced to four months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that paid more than $540,000 in sham consulting ...
Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center opened a 3,728-square-foot research and education facility focused on foot and ankle care. The Center for Orthopedic Innovation has three specialized laboratory ...
CMS repeals breakthrough device fast track, requiring all new tech add-on payments to prove substantial clinical improvement starting fiscal 2028.
Under the recently finalized joint replacement model from CMS, hospitals are financially accountable for every readmission, complication and therapy bill in a 90-day joint replacement episode, even ...
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers found cervical spinal cord stimulation improved arm strength and reduced spasticity among seven people with chronic post-stroke arm weakness.
In 1995, Paul Vessa, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon and medical director at Bedminster-based New Jersey Spine Institute, made a bet on independence.  Two years into practice, he took his practice out ...