Day: September 3, 2014
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Financial
Aurora Spine Corporation Files Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA–(Marketwired – Aug. 29, 2014) – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES OR OVER UNITED STATES WIRE SERVICES…
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Spine
Precision Spine® Enters Into Development Agreement For New Cervical Disc Replacement
PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Precision Spine Inc., recently announced it has entered into a new development agreement with Stephen D. Cook, Ph.D.…
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Uncategorized
Ex-ArthroCare executive sentenced to 20 years in prison
BY ARUNA VISWANATHA Aug 29 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced the former chief executive of surgical device maker ArthroCare to…
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Recon
Hip resurfacing implant offers lower revision, complication rates for hip arthritis
Su EP. J Arthroplasty. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2014.03.021. Use of hip resurfacing arthroplasty for the treatment of hip arthritis in younger patients demonstrated…
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Uncategorized
Doctors are shifting their business models
By LISA ZAMOSKY With insurance companies often paying doctors less for their services and with paperwork increasing, Dr. Gregory Yu was…
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Biologics
Aesculap Biologics, LLC Announces First Human Implantation of NOVOCART® 3D
Aesculap Biologics, LLC, a division of Aesculap, Inc. focused on biological approaches to the repair and regeneration of diseased or…
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K2M Receives FDA Clearance on MESA Hooks
MESA Hooks Offer Line Extension to K2M’s MESA Low-Profile Deformity Spinal System LEESBURG, Va., Sept. 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — K2M Group Holdings,…
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Hospitals
Groups press FDA to encourage medical-device registries
By Jaimy Lee The U.S. healthcare system trails behind other developed countries in tracking the performance of medical devices through registries,…
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Uncategorized
Johnson and Johnson Heads to Jury Trial over Hip Implants
by Nancy Crotti Jury selection was set to begin today in the first of about 6,000 claims against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy subsidiary…
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Hospitals
Upcoding in Medicare Advantage: Transparency can clean the mess
TRUDY LIEBERMAN That the government overpays sellers of Medicare Advantage plans is well known in Beltway circles even if much…
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Uncategorized
Medical-Device Excise Tax: The Case For Repeal Needs New Arguments
John R. Graham Where is the momentum to repeal the medical-device excise tax? The tax is a universally reviled Obamacare…
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Recon
No functional differences found between short-, straight-stem THA implants
Roth PV. Orthopedics. 2014. doi:10.3928/01477447-20140626-61. Recently published study data indicated short-stem and straight-stem implants for total hip arthroplasty exhibited no significant differences…
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