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North Carolina Physicians’ Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to Second Multi-Million-Dollar Recovery in Ground-Breaking Emergency Room Fraud Case

September 27, 2018 CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United States Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. (“HMA”), now known as Health Management Associates, LLC, and its parent, will pay over $260 million to resolve false hospital billing and kickback allegations. This

By |2018-09-27T17:14:06+00:00September 27th, 2018|Regulatory, Top Stories|

Centinel Spine Announces STALIF C® Integrated Interbody™ Milestone Usage in Australia

New York, NY, September 26, 2018 –Centinel Spine, LLC announced today that Dr. Arvind Dubey, MD, FRACS, Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon at Hobart Brain and Spine Centre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, performed a milestone procedure implanting his 1,000th level of the STALIF C-Ti™ Anterior Cervical Integrated Interbody®device.  The procedure was a 2-level ACDF and took place

By |2018-09-27T15:56:18+00:00September 27th, 2018|Spine|

Alphatec Advances Clinical Distinction With OsseoScrew® Clearance

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc.  (“ATEC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ATEC), a provider of innovative spine surgery solutions with a mission to improve patient lives through the relentless pursuit of superior outcomes, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its OsseoScrew® System,

By |2018-09-26T22:34:33+00:00September 26th, 2018|Regulatory|

SeaSpine Announces Launch of Regatta™ Lateral System

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 26, 2018 (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 launch of the Regatta™ Lateral System, featuring NanoMetalene® technology. Regatta is a comprehensive, minimally invasive lateral interbody fusion system designed to efficiently and reproducibly treat the

By |2018-09-26T22:07:01+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine|

K2M to Showcase First-of-its-Kind 3D-Printed Expandable Interbody System MOJAVE™ PL 3D at NASS 2018

LEESBURG, Va., Sept. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTWO) (the "Company" or "K2M"), a global leader of complex spine and minimally invasive solutions focused on achieving three-dimensional Total Body Balance™, today announced that it will showcase its first-to-market MOJAVE™ PL 3D Expandable Interbody System featuring Lamellar 3D Titanium Technology™ and several of its newest spinal solutions at the North

By |2018-09-26T21:40:46+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine|

Captiva Spine Adds TirboLOX-C Titanium Cervical Cage to 3D Printed Dual Layer Lattice Structure Offering

September 20, 2018/by Captiva SpineJupiter, FL – Captiva Spine is a medical device organization located in Jupiter, Florida, dedicated to delivering smart, elegant and intuitive spinal fusion solutions. Today, Captiva Spine is announcing it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its TirboLOX-C 3D Printed Titanium Cervical Cages. TirboLOX-C

By |2018-09-26T21:04:43+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine, Top Stories|

Solvay’s Ixef® PARA enables Intelligent Implant Systems to pioneer a new single-use instrument kit for anterior cervical fusion procedures

Alpharetta, Ga., September 26, 2018 --- Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty polymers, announced today that the high stiffness, strength, gamma sterilization resistance and biocompatibility of its Ixef® polyacrylamide (PARA) resin helped enable a new single-use instrument kit for anterior cervical fusion procedures. Developed by Intelligent Implant Systems, a medical device company specializing in

By |2018-09-26T20:35:34+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine|

Surgio and SimplyRFID Announce Partnership For Fully-Automated Visibility into the Medical Device Supply Chain in Healthcare

Surg.io™, an emerging leader in software solutions for the management of orthopedic instrument and implant inventory as well as hospital sterile processing and perioperative solutions, has partnered with SimplyRFID, a veteran leader in tracking technology and inventory visibility solutions, announce an exclusive healthcare partnership to provide a fully integrated inventory management system that brings real-time

By |2018-09-26T16:19:37+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine|

Medacta Appoints General Manager for U.S. Spine Business and Announces Full-Market Release of Customizable MySpine MC Surgical Guides for Posterior Lumbar Fusions

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medacta® International, the family-owned global leader in innovative joint replacement and spinal technologies, announces today the appointment of long-time commercial leader Daniel Abromowitz as General Manager, Spine Division for Medacta USA. In addition, the company announced its MySpine Midline Cortical Pedicle Screw Placement Guide (MySpine MC), a patient-matched technology for posterior lumbar fusions,

By |2018-09-26T15:19:50+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine|

SurGenTec’s ALARA™ Access Needle Awarded Best Spine Technology for 2018

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SurGenTec ® LLC, a South Florida based medical device company has been awarded the 2018 Orthopedics This Week Spine Technology Award and will be formally receiving their award during the 2018 North American Spine Society meeting. This year’s meeting will be held Sept. 26th -28th in Los Angeles, CA. The awarded technology from

By |2018-09-26T15:15:47+00:00September 26th, 2018|Spine|