Today's Top 20 Stories
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Drs. Matthew Pifer, Ryan Calfee and more: 4 orthopedic surgeons making headlines
Here are four orthopedic surgeons making headlines over the past week: -
Hoag becomes 1st West Coast hospital to offer Mazor X robot for spine surgery
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute became the first West Coast hospital to use Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth Edition robotic platform. -
Spinal fusion devices market to hit $8.9B by 2027: 4 insights
By 2027, the worldwide spinal fusion devices market is projected to reach $8.9 billion, according to Emergen Research.
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$20M project expands orthopedic care at North Dakota hospital
Grafton, N.D.-based Unity Medical Center opened a $20 million expansion that bolstered orthopedics, among other specialty services, the Grand Forks Herald reports. -
160-physician orthopedic group streamlines surgical scheduling with new platform
The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda, Md., is installing a Surgimate Practice platform to facilitate surgical scheduling across its 28 divisions in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. -
SeaSpine's revenues fall 3 percent in 2020 — 5 insights
Full-year 2020 revenue for SeaSpine declined 3 percent year over year to $154.3 million, according to the company's March 1 earnings report. -
How Medtronic, Stryker, Johnson & Johnson's shares performed this week
Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.
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Spine, total joint bundles lead to cost savings of 10.7%, study finds
When cost-sharing is waived for patients using bundled payment programs for spinal fusion and total joint replacement, surgery costs can decrease by an average of $4,229, or 10.7 percent, according to a study by nonprofit organization Rand Corp. -
Surgeon consensus grows around disc replacement for lumbar degenerative disc disease, study finds
There is a growing consensus that lumbar total disc replacement is a viable option for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease, according to a study published in The Spine Journal. -
1st FDA-approved stem cell clinical trial for spina bifida gets underway
UC Davis Health in Sacramento, Calif., on March 1 announced the launch of the first FDA-approved human clinical trial using stem cells before birth to treat spina bifida, a defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly. -
Bioventus settles billing fraud allegations for $3.6M: 4 details
Bioventus, a medical technology company, will pay millions of dollars to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act.
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Smith+Nephew, Arthrex patent dispute continues in Supreme Court
An upcoming Supreme Court decision stemming from the patent dispute between Arthrex and Smith+Nephew could affect patent cases going forward, according to The New York Times. -
Ohio orthopedic surgeon gets 3 years in prison for overprescribing opioids
A Green Township, Ohio, orthopedic surgeon was sentenced March 1 to 40 months in prison for prescribing an excessive amount of opioids, Cincinnati.com reports. -
Maine multispecialty group consolidates orthopedic workflows with EHR system
Spectrum Healthcare Partners, a multispecialty group with more than 200 physicians in South Portland, Maine, installed NextGen Healthcare's EHR system to streamline workflows in its orthopedics division. -
Aurora Spine the latest company to launch sacroiliac joint system
Devicemaker Aurora Spine on March 1 launched its Silo posterior sacroiliac joint fusion system. -
MpowerHealth invests $7M toward orthopedic value-based programs
Over the past two years, Addison, Texas-based MpowerHealth has invested more than $7 million to develop data analytics and information technology to support clinically integrated networks in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, among other states. -
Texas hospital adds robotic imaging for complex spine procedures
Harlingen, Texas-based Valley Baptist Medical Center is reportedly the first hospital in the region to install Brainlab's robotic imaging system,KRGV reported March 1. -
Empirical Spine seeks premarket approval for spinal tension band
Devicemaker Empirical Spine initiated the premarket approval process for use of the LimiFlex paraspinous tension band with a decompression for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis. -
Drs. Todd Lanman, Sonia Eden and more: 5 spine surgeons making headlines
From two surgeons debuting an interbody device to another joining a new practice, here are five spine surgeons making the news over the past week: -
NuVasive Q4 sales dip 6%, submits Pulse for approval: 6 notes
NuVasive posted net sales of $291.8 million in the fourth quarter, a 6 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2019.