By Neel Anand, M.D., Contributor - Aug. 6, 2018 AS THE AMERICAN legislature and medical community continue efforts to stem the tide of the growing opioid crisis in our country, researchers are working diligently to highlight what a dangerous path doctors may be putting patients on when writing prescriptions for opioid medications to address chronic back pain as
NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Centinel Spine, LLC is pleased to announce that UnitedHealthcare®, the nation's second largest commercial insurer, has issued a positive medical policy for Lumbar Total Disc Replacement (TDR). This decision affects over 16 million patients covered through UnitedHealthcare, and means that three out of the four largest US commercial providers now
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the minimally invasive surgical (MIS) treatment of the sacroiliac (SI) joint with the iFuse Implant System® ("iFuse") announced that 23 commercial health plans have published exclusive positive coverage policies for the triangular iFuse Implant System. These exclusive positive coverage policies provide access to
August 03, 2018 RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuse Medical, Inc. (OTC: FZMD) (“Fuse” or the “Company”), announced the completion of the acquisition of Palm Springs Partners, LLC d/b/a Maxim Surgical (“Maxim”), a manufacturing company in the spinal fusion device market and full-service medical device and distribution company (the “Acquisition”). The effective date of Acquisition was August 1,
August 02, 2018 ALLENDALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stryker’s Spine division today announced the publication of a pre-clinical animal study comparing the performance of spinal implants made from a variety of materials, which illustrated the bone in-growth and biological fixation capabilities of its 3D-printed Tritanium cages. The study was published in the July issue of The Spine Journal. The
DALLAS, April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Spine™, the exclusive provider of the AccuraScope® Procedure, was featured on The Doctors TV Show, April 8, 2015. The segment was a follow up of a show that featured North American Spine on the program back in Dec. of 2013. Immediately after airing, North American Spine and the show received a flood of inquiries from viewers
