Author: Carly Behm

Justin Thomas, DO, joined Petoskey, Mich.-based McLaren Northern Michigan Neurosciences clinic, The Petoskey News-Review reported Oct. 7.

Regular team check-ins and a focus on surgeon wellness has helped the staff at Denver-based Orthopedic Centers of Colorado manage stress and burnout, according to Brian Larkin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and chief medical officer.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is opening a neurosurgery clinic at its Palos Heights, Ill., location.

Intraoperative neuromonitoring services provider Assure Holdings completed its first case in Nevada and has contracted with eight hospitals in the state, according to an Oct. 8 news release.

Mercy Health-Springfield in Ohio will add spine and neurology services through a series of partnerships and initiatives next year, Dayton Business Journal reported Oct. 5.

Youngstown, Ohio-based Southwoods Health and Humana signed an agreement to expand care for Humana members, Business Journal Daily reported Oct. 6.

CMS has approved The State of Connecticut Health Plan, an episode-of-care payment model, according to an Oct. 7 news release.

Knowing how to cope with stress and burnout has become more important than ever to spine surgeons.

Paris, Ill.-based Horizon Health opened an orthopedic specialty clinic in Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 6, mywabashvalley.com reported.

The first cases using the 7D Percutaneous Spine Module have been completed in the U.S. and Australia, SeaSpine said Oct. 6.