All News

Live updates: U.S. infections surged nearly 50 percent in June, and July 4 celebrations are looming

July 1, 2020 / By Antonia Noori Farzan, Rick Noack, Lateshia Beachum, Hannah Knowles, Derek Hawkins, Siobhán O’Grady and Hamza Shaban The number of coronavirus infections in the United States swelled enormously last month as states tried to relax quarantine rules and reopen their economies. More than 800,000 new cases were reported in June — led by Florida, Arizona Texas and California — bringing the nation’s …

TransEnterix Announces Pricing of $13.0 Million Underwritten Public Offering of Common Stock

July 1, 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TransEnterix, Inc. (NYSE American: TRXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced that it has priced its previously announced underwritten offering of common stock, comprised of 37,267,080 shares of common stock at a …

Wael Barsoum, M.D: New President, Chief Transformation Officer at Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Wael Barsoum, M.D., the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Innovation at Cleveland Clinic Florida has accepted a position as President and Chief Transformation Officer at Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo), a company focusing on musculoskeletal value-based health outcomes management, service line management and practice management. Asked about …

SeaSpine Announces Full Commercial Launch of Mariner MIS and Mariner Outrigger Spinal Fixation Systems

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SeaSpine Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNE), a global medical technology company focused on surgical solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders, today announced the full commercial launches of Mariner MIS and Mariner Outrigger. “The commercial launches of Mariner® MIS and Mariner Outrigger™ result from meticulous product refinement and …

CoreLink Announces FDA Clearance of F3D-C2 Stand-alone Cervical Spine System

June 30, 2020 ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CoreLink, LLC, a leading designer and manufacturer of spinal implant systems, today announced the commercial launch and 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the F3D-C2 Stand-alone Cervical System. The system is comprised of an additively manufactured spacer with two bone screw anchors secured by a locking …

10 indicted in $1.4B rural hospital fraudulent billing scheme: DOJ

June 30, 2020 / by Paige Minemyer The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted 10 people, including a Miami-based hospital executive, in connection with a pass-through billing scheme that used rural hospitals as shells to submit fraudulent bills for lab tests. Between November 2015 and February 2018, private plans were billed for $1.4 billion in tests …

Hospitals in new COVID-19 hot spots face delicate balancing act with elective surgeries

June 29, 2020 / by Robert King Some hospital systems located in states that are seeing huge spikes of COVID-19 are continuing to perform elective procedures and developing strategies to avoid a total shutdown. The experiences of hospitals in states such as Florida and Arizona could inform how systems will handle new surges of COVID-19 cases, …

Xenco Medical Announces Nationwide Launch of its CancelleX Bio-inspired Spinal Implants, the First Injection-Molded Titanium Foam Implants for Spine Surgery Pre-Attached to Disposable Instruments

June 30, 2020 SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Surgical implant maker Xenco Medical has announced the nationwide launch of the first injection-molded titanium foam spinal implants pre-attached to disposable, composite polymer instruments, the CancelleX porous titanium lumbar interbodies. Inspired by cancellous bone, Xenco Medical’s CancelleX lumbar interbodies feature interconnected porosity throughout each implant and break new ground in …

Hospitals to get direct shipments of COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir through HHS secured supply

June 29, 2020 / Mallory Hackett, Associate Editor The Department of Health and Human Services has secured more than 500,000 treatment courses of the drug remdesivir to be purchased directly by hospitals through a new agreement with Gilead Sciences. The agreement goes through September. The drug will be sent directly to hospitals based on state health department allocation …

HSS Study Identifies RA Patients With Worse Outcomes After Hip or Knee Replacement

NEW YORK, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), higher disease activity — not post-operative flares — increases the risk of pain and poor function one year after a total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City. …

© 2025 MedDeviceJobs.com Powered by Careerleaf
v.4.6.1