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In the first of a series of applications for the Facet Fixation System, currently on the market, US Spine has earned a patent for its Facet Gun. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, US Spine states the Facet Gun, a part of the system, allows spine surgeons to, in a fraction of the time, lock the facet joint. Another part of the system, the Facet Bolt, is a locking facet implant that US Spine claims provides stiffness and strength but is simpler, faster and less invasive than traditional methods.

                

                    

A leader in medical equipment management industry, TriMedx is celebrating 10 long years in serving healthcare provider. In the beginning years TriMedx was know as Technology Management Concepts and changed their name to TriMedx in 1999. Their startup began in St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. In recent years the organization has concentrated in the areas of cost reduction, containment and elimination through people, processes and technology in sites of saving its customers money. TriMedx is in charge of 400,000 medical devices and their experts help hospitals to optimize their revenue, construct vast regulatory compliance programs, determine the entire cost of ownership and predict equipment lifecycle performance while keeping in mind the clinical staff satisfaction and patient safety. Congratulations to TriMedx and keep the quality and service going strong.

                

                    

A Florida man pleaded guilty to a massive Medicare fraud scheme. Mr. Reinaldo Guerra of Miami, Florida pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud and a count of Medicare fraud. Mr. Guerra owned and operated 11 organizations that were alleged to supply durable medical equipment and submitted $123 million in fake claims to Medicare for medication that had not been prescribed or ordered via physician and was not given to patients. Unknowingly, Medicare paid $35 million on the aforementioned claims. Also taken into custody was Jose Perez of Golden Beach, Florida. Sentencing is set to take place on November 13, 2009.