joint replacement
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Exactech Announces First European and US Surgeries Using World’s Only Intraoperative Wireless Shoulder Sensor, Equinoxe® with VERASENSE™
October 6, 2020 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation and computer-assisted technologies for joint replacement…
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Hospital revenue at risk in CMS’ proposal to move joint replacement to outpatient care
August 29, 2020 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ push to move procedures from inpatient…
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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Study: High Prevalence of Outliers, Revisions
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Researchers from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri have undertaken…
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New Digital Health Innovations to Zimmer Biomet mymobility® Aim to Transform and Enhance Joint Replacement Standard of Care
WARSAW, Ind., June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, today announced…
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COVID-19
Richard Iorio, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Chief of Total Joints, Discusses “Reopening”
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Looking for signposts as you make your way through the jungle of reopening elective surgeries?…
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Exactech Announces First Shoulder Surgeries Using Equinoxe® with VERASENSE® Sensor Technology
April 29, 2020 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation and computer-assisted technologies for joint replacement…
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COVID-19
Conformis Announces Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact
BILLERICA, Mass., March 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Conformis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFMS), an orthopedic arthroplasty medical technology company, today announced proactive…
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COVID-19
Exactech, a Gainesville-based orthopedic manufacturer, laid off 63 employees due to surgery cancellations caused by COVID-19
March 23, 2020 / By Emily Mavrakis Exactech, a developer and producer of implants and instruments for joint-replacement surgery founded and…
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AAOS on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Proposed Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 28, 2020) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule that would provide…
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Extremities
In2Bones Announces U.S. Launch of the Avenger Radial Head™ Prosthesis With Sterile, Single-Use Instruments
February 13, 2020 MEMPHIS, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In2Bones Global, Inc. today announces the U.S. launch of the Avenger Radial Head™ Prosthesis System for primary and…
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Financial
Joint replacement bundled payments losing their appeal in BPCI Advanced
HARRIS MEYER / January 24, 2020 Analyses of CMS data on Medicare’s largest bundled-payment demonstration suggest providers may have reached…
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Hospitals
Obesity: A Surgeon Speaks
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 3, 2019 We really don’t have a good solution when it comes to performing…
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Hospitals
First-of-a-Kind Study Finds Outpatient Joint Replacement Patients “As Satisfied” — If Not More — Than Inpatients
CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A new study found that joint replacement patients who go home the day of surgery are as…
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Even if you live alone, home may be the best place to recover after total joint replacement surgery
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Despite higher costs, many doctors recommend and some patients prefer, recovery at an…
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Financial
Bundled Payments Are Coming To Joint Replacement Surgery
Dave Chase The handwriting is on the wall that the “do more, bill more” era is waning. It’s being replaced…
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