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The American College of Sports Medicine named its top 10 trends for fitness in 2017.

Bradford B. Mullin, MD, is a spine surgeon at Westerville, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Central Ohio Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Mullin's subspecialties include minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal fusions and spinal tumors.

As healthcare trends toward value-based reimbursement, patients are increasingly paying for their care and many Americans are facing double-digit premium hikes.

On Nov. 30, 2016, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century Cures Act, according to Fortune.

Northfield, Ill.-based Medline won a contract from Indianapolis-based Talar Capital Partners, a podiatry-specific Group Purchasing Organization, to be the GPO's manufacturer of choice for medical and surgical products.

Though the future of the Affordable Care Act is uncertain at the moment, its impact on physicians and their practices was significant in 2016. In October, the Obama administration predicted monthly ACA marketplace enrollment will hit 11.4 million in 2017.…

The Orthopaedic Sports Health Clinic of Salina (Kan.) is merging with the Salina Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Clinic, according to a report in the Salina Post.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines whether the surgical effectiveness measures for lumbar spine surgery patients can predict two-year outcomes.

Sports medicine is unique in the challenges it presents to team physicians and the demands it puts on personal and professional careers, but for the physicians that stick with it the rewards are bountiful.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Dec. 1, 2016.