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Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, was elected to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons board of directors at its 2013 Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 19-23, according to an AAOS News Now report.  

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, have been published in a special issue of Harvard Health Policy Review on assessing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Jon Pruitt, MHA, CMRP, is the vice president of procurement solutions for Provista, an Irving, Texas-based financial and operational improvement company. Mr. Pruitt focuses on helping clients in the healthcare industry to improve supply chain operations.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Greg Koonsman and Jack Bert, MD, will give a presentation titled "Selling Your Practice or ASC, Valuation, Compensation, Non Competes Legal and Process Issues."

Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, Ohio has purchased Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation Order Sets as its electronic order set software, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

HHS updated the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care to improve healthcare quality for individuals of all backgrounds.

Zimmer Holdings has reported a slight decrease in net sales, which reached $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2013, and attributed the loss to having two fewer billing days in key markets, such as the United States, when compared…

The StabiLink MIS Spinal Fixation System from Southern Spine received FDA clearance and the CE Mark.

Sonoma Orthopedic Products, a medical device company focused on minimally invasive solutions for fracture care, has hired three new executives.

Orthopedic surgeon Jan-Eric Esway, MD, recently began operating in the new Boulders Ambulatory Surgery Center in North Chesterfield, Va.