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HSS: Shortened KOOS is Valid

Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. • Wed, March 22nd, 2017 It’s a no-brainer…anyone would prefer to answer 7 survey questions as opposed to 42. Hurray for the researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, who have confirmed that a seven-question patient survey on pain, function and quality of […]

Dr. Price Brakes Bundled Payments Expansion

Walter Eisner • Tue, March 21st, 2017 Our orthopedic surgeon and Health and Human Services Secretary, Tom Price, M.D., has said he is no fan of bundled payments. After just taking office in February, he’s already putting on the brakes to the payment model with the March 20, 2017 announcement […]

Study points a way to better implantable medical devices

Science Daily, Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology – March 20, 2017 Medical devices implanted in the body for drug delivery, sensing, or tissue regeneration usually come under fire from the host’s immune system. Defense cells work to isolate material they consider foreign to the body, building up a wall of […]

The robotic have-not: How J&J plans to woo hospitals, knee surgeons

By ARUNDHATI PARMAR – MedCity News, March 17, 2017 Johnson & Johnson and Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences) have a joint venture to create the next generation of robotic surgery souped up with digital technologies in the future. (Watch out Intuitive Surgical.) But when it comes to hip and knee […]

Spineway : First Mont-Blanc MIS implant in the USA

 Ecully, 21 March 2017 Spineway, French specialist in surgical implants and instruments for treating disorders of the spinal column (spine), announces the completion of the first minimally invasive surgery using its Mont-Blanc MIS product line in the United States. The operation was performed by Dr. Ludwig Orozco, neurosurgeon in Dallas […]

Obamacare Replacement Will Permanently Remove Medical Device Tax

By Jof Enriquez – March 9, 2017 Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have unveiled proposed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which, among several tax cuts, will eliminate permanently the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices and products. The device tax has been suspended […]

UnitedHealth Group Announces Extension of Exchange Offer to Acquire Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.

March 17, 2017 MINNETONKA, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH) today announced that it has extended the expiration of its previously announced exchange offer for all of the outstanding shares of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCAI) (“SCA”), a leading ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital provider. The exchange offer, […]

Spinal Elements® Announces Initial Procedures with Lucent® XP Expandable Interbody Implant

March 20, 2017 CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Spinal Elements, a spine technology company, announced that the first procedures with its Lucent XP expandable interbody implant have been successfully completed. The Lucent XP System is an interbody device that can expand in height and increase in lordotic angle after it has been surgically […]

NuVasive announces new evidence-based recommendation released from NICE (U.K.) for Lateral Interbody Fusion

SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), a leading medical device company focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally-integrated solutions, today announced updated guidance from the National Industry for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the U.K. for lateral interbody fusion in the lumbar spine. NICE stated […]

Mazor Robotics and Medtronic Combine Efforts on the Commercialization of Mazor X™: An Innovative Guidance System for Spine Surgery

ORLANDO, Fla., March 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mazor Robotics Ltd. is a global leader in the development and distribution of innovative surgical guidance systems for spine and brain surgery. Mazor Robotics Inc., the US subsidiary of Mazor Robotics LTD is recognized as one of largest players in the robotics and […]

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