[Key specialties edition] Outpatient rotator cuff repairs increase 272% in a decade – 5 facts on orthopedics in ASCs | Flu season intensifies: 12 states report widespread activity | Dr. Allan Friedman to perform spine surgery on Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski: 5 key notes | A pilot case unlike any other – Massachusetts General Hospital transplants hepatitis-C tainted liver

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In this newsletter, you will find content related to key specialties including spine, orthopedics, ophthalmology, gastroenterology and pain management.

Jan. 10, 2017

Today's Top Articles

1. Low back, neck pain spending increases by $57.2B over 18 years: 5 things to know Full story

2. Outpatient rotator cuff repairs increase 272% in a decade - 5 facts on orthopedics in ASCs Full story

3. Flu season intensifies: 12 states report widespread activity Full story

4. Whitepaper: Learn the benefits of outsourced sterile compounding with this whitepaper.

5. Dr. Allan Friedman to perform spine surgery on Duke's Mike Krzyzewski: 5 key notes Full story

6. A pilot case unlike any other - Massachusetts General Hospital transplants hepatitis-C tainted liver Full story



7. Webinar: What the payers don't want you to know about out-of-network reimbursements. Learn more in this upcoming webinar.

8. Belleville Surgical Center now offering cataract surgery - 4 key notes Full story


9. Lancaster Gastroenterology, RGAL Gastroenterology Specialists merge: 5 key facts Full story

10. SpineGuard hits FY 2016 revenue of $7.95M - 5 key notes
Full story

11. 113 hospital and health system CIOs to know | 2017 Full story

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