Study results indicate that DePuy Synthes' ATTUNE knee may be associated with positive impacts on patient function and shorter lengths of hospital stays.
UnitedHealthcare's Spine and Joint Solution bundled payment program has demonstrated fewer readmissions and complications following surgery and generated ~$18MM in savings for participating employers.
Integer entered into an agreement to sell its Advanced Surgical and Orthopedics lines to MedPlast, a global services provider to the medical device industry, for US $600MM in cash. The transaction is expected to close in 3Q18.
Paradigm Spine, maker of coflex®, announced that NASS issued a coverage policy recommendation for a Lumbar Interlaminar Device without Fusion and with Decompression.