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Financial
Relievant Medsystems Announces Favorable Coverage Policy from Cigna Healthcare for the Intracept Procedure
MINNEAPOLIS, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Relievant Medsystems, a company dedicated to transforming the diagnosis and treatment of vertebrogenic low…
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Spine
Relievant Medsystems Announces Updated Policy Statement and Guideline for Basivertebral Nerve Ablation from the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Relievant Medsystems, a company dedicated to transforming the diagnosis and treatment of vertebrogenic pain,…
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COVID-19
Judge dismisses lawsuit contesting Houston Methodist’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy
by Dave Muoio | Jun 14, 2021 A lawsuit brought against Houston Methodist by more than 100 employees combating the system’s mandatory COVID-19…
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Financial
Hospital payments increase 2.8% under CMS proposed rule
April 28, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and…
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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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AAOS Concerned About Unintended Consequences of Drastic CMS Proposal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) President Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, FAAOS, issued the following statement…
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COVID-19
Top White House healthcare policy deputy resigns
April 30, 2020 / RACHEL COHRS The White House’s top healthcare policy adviser will leave his post next month, a…
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Financial
AAOS on Concerning Changes in CMS 2020 Final Payment Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 9, 2019) — American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) President Kristy L. Weber, MD, FAAOS, issued the following statement…
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Regulatory
Industry Voices—Without public policy changes, the U.S. risks losing the global race to innovate in healthcare
by Jodi Daniel, Crowell & Moring , Robert Holleyman, Crowell & Moring | Oct 4, 2019 A digital revolution in the healthcare industry has begun…
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Financial
Five ways Tom Price could change U.S. healthcare policy in a hurry
Dec 9, 2016 – By JULIE ROVNER Prospective Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, currently the chairman of the House…
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Spine
Orthofix Announces NASS Coverage Policy Recommendations for Electrical Bone Growth Stimulators
October 24, 2016 LEWISVILLE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a diversified, global medical device company, is pleased to announce the…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Announces Positive Coverage Policy for iFuse Implant System® MIS SI Joint Fusion
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse…
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SI-BONE, Inc. Announces Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS Administrators, LLC Establishes Positive Coverage for MIS SI Joint Fusion Effective February 1st, 2016
SAN JOSE, Calif., December 21, 2015 — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse…
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Workers’ compensation policies show variation in costs, claims
Certain workers’ compensation policies show state-level variation in cost, disability time and outcomes of claims for low back pain, according…
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