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Spine
Aetna® Updates Disc Replacement Guidelines; All Major Payors Now Cover Centinel Spine’s Lumbar Total Disc Replacement
Updated medical necessity guidelines by Aetna® now cover one-level Lumbar Total Disc Replacement (TDR).Aetna is one of the largest commercial…
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Recon
AAOS Updates Clinical Practice Guideline for Surgical Management of Osteoarthritis of the Knees
Updated guideline offers the latest in evidence-based research to improve surgical success and reduce complications and postoperative pain ROSEMONT, Ill., Jan.…
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Sports Medicine
AAOS Updates Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Updated guideline offers the latest in evidence-based recommendations including considerations for skeletal maturity and activity level in patients with ACL…
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Financial
AHA tells Congress that stricter merger laws may cause economic harm
The group contended that any concerns with antitrust enforcement should be addressed by providing additional resources to enforcement agencies. October…
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Financial
AHA presses for meeting with federal agencies as scrutiny of hospital deals ramps up
by Robert King | Aug 18, 2021 The American Hospital Association (AHA) wants to make its case to the Biden administration that hospital…
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Hospitals
Executive order calls for DOJ, FTC to review hospital merger guidelines
by Robert King | Jul 9, 2021 President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order Friday that presses the federal government to review and revise…
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Spine
SI-BONE, Inc. Announces that Updated ISASS Policy and Guidelines on MIS SI Joint Fusion Support Only Lateral Transiliac MIS Procedures
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SI-BONE, Inc., (Nasdaq: SIBN), a Silicon Valley-based medical device company dedicated…
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COVID-19
Pandemic Preparedness Among Spine Surgeons: Major Work in Progress
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. “Learn from yesterday, live for today,” said Albert Einstein. Alas, it’s pretty tough to follow…
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COVID-19
AMA and others struggling to perform testing urge HHS to reprioritize COVID-19 guidelines
August 11, 2020 / Mallory Hackett, Associate Editor Testing shortages continue along with gaps in the supply chain for reagents, swabs,…
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COVID-19
CDC considers loosening guidelines for some already exposed to virus
April 8, 2020 / Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for…
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COVID-19
Confusion over the availability and criteria for coronavirus testing is leaving sick people wondering if they’re infected
March 13, 2020 / By Ashley Fantz, Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin, CNN (CNN)A group of first responders in Washington state, a scientist in…
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Hospitals
How the New FDA Guidance on Biocompatibility Affects Medical Device Manufacturers
Audrey Turley and Thor Rollins – Posted in Testing Services by MDDI Staff on December 20, 2016 In June 1906, President…
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Spine
Paradigm Spine, LLC Announces Publication Of ISASS Guidelines Recommending Coverage Of Interlaminar Stabilization®
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in providing solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)…
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Hospitals
New ISO 13485: Device Companies Have Three Years to Transition
By Michael Mezher The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) late last month released its long-awaited revision to ISO 13485, the global…
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Recon
AAOS releases new guidelines for treatment and rehab of elderly patients with hip fractures
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has released new appropriate use criteria for the treatment and rehabilitation of hip fractures…
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