Legal & Regulatory and Reimbursement

Sometimes the best time to stop and remember why orthopedics is such a great industry is when...

The orthopedics device and provider community experienced a "Mediscare" on Friday, ...

Physicians have been the target of antitrust prosecutions by the Justice Department and the Federal...

A recent study found discrepancies and a general lack of transparency in spine fusion payment...

Medtronic side stepped a direct confrontation with Eugene Carragee, M.D., and The Spine Journal...

Gary Moore died at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi on April 7, 2011. The Wall...

Will the 2.3% medical device tax squeeze the neck of the orthopedic goose laying golden eggs? Or...

There’s more action than ever at the FDA. What are the top ten regulatory initiatives at the...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid millions of dollars for hip surgeries, ...

The 20-year united physician front on advising Medicare on relative medical procedure values is...

Six Georgia physicians are suing CMS. Their complaint? Medicare is illegally setting physician fees...

A 2% cut to federal spending over the next decade required in the debt ceiling legislation includes...

One of the most famous and commercially successful orthopedic surgeons of his generation speaks out...

Thanks to Dr. Claudia Thomas and her partners, a number of young African American boys now have...

Spine companies and surgeons are lining up to meet the latest insurer challenge to certain fusion...

After a couple billion dollars and more than a decade of work, the VA created what is arguably the...

The entire landscape for proving a “false claim” for Medicare reimbursement has been...

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators want the Office of Inspector General to investigate the growth...

Last week lawyers for four senior orthopedic executives asked for leniency before a U.S. District...

Usually personal injury lawyers sue device companies on behalf of clients. This time, “Man...

Biologics for ankle fusion got a shot in the arm when the FDA’s Orthopedic Panel voted to...

When the watering hole shrinks, all the animals begin to look at each other differently. That may...

Thanks to the AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship, talented young orthopedists meet with legislators, ...

The Wall Street Journal’s claim that a California physician-owned distributorship (POD) paid...