Author: Alan Condon

The most common specialties for multispecialty Medicare-certified ASCs are orthopedics and pain management, according to data from CMS.

The World Health Organization has pulled malaria drug hydroxychloroquine from its global study assessing possible treatments for COVID-19, according to a June 17 CNBC report.

Here are two hospitals that are expanding or planning to expand spine programs this month:

Telehealth became a necessary tool for health systems and patients across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic to access needed healthcare remotely.

Spinal implant developer Spinal Elements launched its MIS Ultra platform June 17, which aims to improve fixation and efficiency in spine surgeries.

Four spine practices expanding services or opening new locations this month:

Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colo., will open an 11,000-square-foot facility expanding spine and orthopedic services July 8, The Business Times reports.

A missing orthopedic surgeon was found dead in a Luella, Texas, pond June 15, KXII reports.

Staff at Augmedics, an augmented reality surgical image guidance startup, led a Series B funding round that raised $15 million to launch the company as venture capital dried up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over the past four weeks, Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Orange County, Calif., has steadily ramped up to nearly normal inpatient volumes, according to Michael Gordon, MD, a spine surgeon who shared his thoughts with Becker's Spine Review.