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.