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BLOG: Pitch Smart is a comprehensive resource for safe pitching practices

By James R. Andrews, MD We are all looking for a solution to the escalation of youth baseball injuries, which is near epidemic proportions. The Pitch Smart program is a product of Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. The organizations

Suprapatellar nailing of tibial shaft fractures: The next advancement

Intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures is a mainstay of treatment for orthopedic surgeons managing these injuries. Innovation and modern technology have allowed for significant advances in implant design during a relatively short time period….

Doing more with less: Strategies for competing on price, quality and both at the same time

By Ayla Ellison With the shift from fee-for-service medicine, hospitals and health systems across the nation are asked to perform a highwire act — to compete on price and improve the quality of care they provide while facing reimbursement cuts.

MTF’s AmnioBand™ Receives High-Tier Reimbursement from Medicare to Treat Chronic Non-Healing Wounds in the Hospital Outpatient Setting

EDISON, N.J., Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MTF, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (www.mtf.org) announced today that beginning October 1, AmnioBand™ Allograft Placental Matrix will be placed in the high-tier reimbursement category for skin substitutes under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital

Tornier NV Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages (NASDAQ:TRNX)

By Tim Parker Tornier NV (NASDAQ:TRNX) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the eight ratings firms that are covering the company, ARN reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Analysts (NYSE:ZBH)

By Thomas Dobrow Zimmer Biomet Holdings (NYSE:ZBH) has earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the seventeen research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned

When Patients Have to Pay the Difference, They Choose Less Expensive ASCs for Care

By Jim Burger The more financial responsibility patients share with their insurers, and the more they understand the disparity in prices charged by freestanding ambulatory surgery centers and hospital-based outpatient facilities, the more likely they a…

Memphis to Soon Host 13th Annual Musculoskeletal Industry Conference

By Andy Meek Memphis is gearing up to host what will be the 13th annual Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, an annual confab where surgeons, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry leaders and others gather to talk shop, and more. The day-a…

10 hospital bankruptcies so far in 2015

By Ayla Ellison The following is a compilation of all the hospital and health system bankruptcies that have been reported this year by Becker’s Hospital Review as of Sept. 15, starting with the most recent. 1. Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, N.J., filed

Spinal Elements’ Lotus System gets FDA clearance for new indication: 5 key notes

By Laura Dyrda Spinal Elements received FDA clearance to market the Lotus Posterior Cervical/Thoracic Spinal System with expanded indications for posterior cervical screw placement. Here are five key notes: 1. The previous clearances allowed only thora…

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