Author: Alan Condon

Spine surgeon Daniel Capen, MD, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Nov. 22 after pleading guilty to conspiracy and receiving kickbacks at the now defunct Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, Calif., reports the Long Beach Post News.

The San Antonio Spurs and UT Health Science Center in Houston are planning a shared practice facility that would feature a medical wing for sports medicine research, reports My San Antonio.

Here are 11 spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week.

Owensboro (Ky.) Health recently received a $460,820 federal grant for a telemedicine initiative that will connect patients with physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, reports the Messenger-Inquirer.

Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital in Orwigsburg, Pa., opened on Nov. 20, reports NorthcentralPA.com.

A federal appeals court on Nov. 20 reinstated a woman's design-defect lawsuit over a Zimmer Biomet hip prosthesis implanted in her in 2011, reports Mass Device.

The FDA provided Think Surgical 510(k) clearance to market its TSolution One total knee application for total knee arthroplasty in the U.S.

On Jan. 1, 2020, the CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule will take effect, removing six spinal procedures from the inpatient-only list.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network will acquire the assets of Coordinated Health in the coming weeks after it received regulatory approval for the deal, The Morning Call reports.

The FDA recently provided Life Spine 510(k) clearance for Longbow, its titanium lateral expandable spacer system.