Orthopedic surgeons at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and a specialist in joint and cartilage at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital in Birmingham developed the GraftBolt to improve the rate of surgeries for knee injury, according to Top News Report.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Trauma Association and Orthopaedics Overseas have established an orthopedic specialty training program in Ghana, according to an AAOS Now story.

James Andrews, MD, founder of the Andrews Institute of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breze, Fla., performed ulnar lateral reconstruction on Boston Red Sox relieving pitcher Rich Hill, according to a report from The Milford Daily News.

A former football player for the University of Utah has filed a lawsuit against Stryker after one of the company's implantable pain pumps caused severe cartilage loss, according to a Desert News report.

CMS should improve payment processes that allowed $231 million in overpayments identified by Recovery Audit Contractors in the three-year demonstration phase of the RAC program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

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Teri A. Gatchel, MBA, CPC, a consultant with KarenZupko & Associates who is an expert in coding for orthopedic surgery practices,dsicusses four coding challenges and how they can be handled.