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Spine
8 things for spinal surgeons to know for Thursday — Nov. 5, 2015
By Megan Wood Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Nov. 5, 2015. Dr. Steven Meier performs…
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Spine
8 things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday — Oct. 1, 2015
By Megan Wood Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Oct. 1, 2015. UW-Madison receives $250k donation…
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Recon
15 hospital, health system population health administrators to know
By Kelly Gooch As the healthcare landscape changes, so must the leadership teams of provider organizations. The rise of population…
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Spine
12 things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday — September 3, 2015
By Megan Wood Here are 12 things for spinal surgeons to know for September 3, 2015. Trends in the global…
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Recon
5 things to know about MicroPort Orthopedics’ Profemur Preserve Hip Stem
By Megan Wood MicroPort Orthopedics, an Arlington, Tenn.-based orthopedic products producer, designed the Profemur Preserve Hip Stem, a short stem…
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Spine
5 things to know about Medicare charges for cervical spine surgery
By Laura Dyrda A new study published in Spine examines how hospital characteristics impact Medicare charges and payments for cervical spine surgery. The researchers…
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Spine
10 things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday — August 13, 2015
By Megan Wood Here are 10 things for spinal surgeons to know for August 13, 2015. Dr. Steven Falowski performs…
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Spine
Spinal muscular atrophy: 4 things to know
By Erinn Hutkin Type I spinal muscular atrophy (also known as Werdnig-Hoffman disease) is a severe form of the disorder…
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Financial
2.5k hospitals penalized by CMS for high readmissions: 10 things to know
By Heather Punke In the fourth year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, 2,592 hospitals will face penalties to their…
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Spine
Is BMP really better for spinal fusion? 5 things to know
A new study published in Spine compares spinal fusion with rhBMP-2 and without rhBMP2. The researchers examined the Medline clinical studies database for studies…
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Hospitals
Oxford Performance Materials’ SpineFab VBR gets FDA clearance — 5 key notes
Oxford Performance Materials achieved FDA 510(k) clearance for the SpineFab VBR implant system. Here are five things to know: 1.…
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Financial
4 ASCs join price transparency website: 5 key points
By Carrie Pallardy Four additional surgery centers have joined Pricing Healthcare, an online price transparency platform. Here are five things to know.…
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Extremities
15 things to know about Smith & Nephew
By Anuja Vaidya Smith & Nephew is one of the major players in the orthopedic devices and implants market. Here…
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