More than 200,000 “low-value” back surgeries for older adults were billed to Medicare from 2020 to 2023 — totaling one unnecessary procedure every eight minutes, according to a new analysis from the ...
Known as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, it will require prior authorization for 17 services ...
A research team from the University of Hong Kong has unveiled a new elastic material, "nano bone cement", that closely mimics ...
PHILADELPHIA, June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Swiss medical device manufacturer Synthes Inc , and its U.S. unit Norian Corp with marketing a spinal cement without approval of ...