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Tenet indictment signals new era of healthcare fraud investigations

Written by Ayla Ellison – February 06, 2017 Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare agreed to pay approximately $514 million last October to resolve allegations the company paid kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals. Although Tenet settled the lawsuit, the federal government attached a name to the case last week when a former Tenet […]

Vancouver biotech firm’s ‘3D bio-printing’ to create human tissue for transplant needs

January 28, 2017 – from Chuck Chiang Patients who tear, rupture or otherwise damage cartilage or other bodily tissue may one day be able to simply go to the hospital and get a replacement, if new “3D bioprinting” technology being developed by a Vancouver firm reaches its full potential. Aspect Biosystems, which […]

Zimmer Biomet Announces the International Release of the Innovative Subchondroplasty® Procedure

WARSAW, Ind., Feb. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, announced today the international release of the Subchondroplasty® (SCP®) Procedure.  The Company received CE Mark approval for the commercialization of its SCP Procedure to facilitate distribution in the European Union (EU) and other countries that recognize the […]

Acelity Announces Debt Reduction with Proceeds from Sale of LifeCell Business and Entry into New Credit Agreement

February 07, 2017 SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acelity L.P. Inc. (“Acelity”), a global advanced wound care company, today announced that, on February 3, 2017, its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and KCI USA, Inc. (collectively, the “Borrowers” or the “Issuers”) repaid in full their existing credit facilities and redeemed all outstanding […]

SpineGuard Extends the Utility of Its Dynamic Surgical Guidance (DSG ™) Technology Platform by Receiving US Patent for “Bone Quality Measurement” Application

PARIS & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SpineGuard (FR0011464452 – ALSGD), an innovative company that develops and markets disposable medical devices to make spine surgery safer, announced today it has been granted a patent by the US Patent Office for the application of its Dynamic Surgical Guidance technology for a new application: […]

MiMedx Board of Directors Authorizes $10 Million Increase to the Company’s Share Repurchase Program

MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected processes to develop and market advanced products and therapies for the Wound Care, Surgical, Orthopedic, Spine, Sports Medicine, Ophthalmic, and Dental sectors of healthcare, announced today the decision of […]

Stryker at GMU to train Middle East surgeons on hip replacements

UAE, Feb 6: US-based Stryker, a global orthopedic implants and medical equipment provider, visited Gulf Medical University (GMU) on February 4 to organize a workshop on advanced hip replacement surgery titled, ‘Hip Replacement: Primary and Revision Course’. More than 12 leading Middle Eastern surgeons participated in the workshop organized by […]

Breakthrough Medical Imaging Solution Micro C™ Banks Additional $700k Seed Funding

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, February 3, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — As Micro C™ targets the high growth market of surgeries of the extremities, Greg Kolovich MD/MPH and Chief Medical Officer, Evan Ruff, CEO, and Kirby Sisk, COO are leveraging the additional funding to complete Q2 2017 Micro C™ milestones: prototype build, […]

ChoiceSpine announces the launch of HARRIER™ ALIF

Knoxville, TN- February 6, 2017- ChoiceSpine, a Knoxville, TN based spinal implant company, announced the launch of HARRIER™, an anterior lumbar interbody fusion system.  ChoiceSpine received 510K clearance the HARRIER™ in November 2016 and it will be the 1st of 4 new products launching in 2017. “Harrier fills a long […]

NuVasive To Present At Leerink Partners 6th Annual Global Healthcare Conference 2017

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), a leading medical device company focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally-integrated solutions, today announced that management will present at the Leerink Partners 6th Annual Healthcare Conference at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York, New York on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. […]

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