Author: Staff

Here are eight things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013.

Piper Kilpatrick, MD, fellowship-trained sports medicine physician, has been named the director of Heritage Valley SportsCare in Beaver, Pa., according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

Dr. David Altchek, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, recently performed elbow surgery on the New York Mets right-handed pitcher Jenrry Mejia, according to a Fox Sports report.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, will give a presentation titled "Assessing the Move and Impact on Profits From Out-of-Network to In-Network."

LDR's Mobi-C cervical disc replacement recently received FDA market approval for two-level indications and became the first device to be endorsed for multiple level indications in the cervical spine.

Here are six steps to improve patient outcomes from spine surgery and reduce costs associated with treatment, complications and postoperative readmissions.

Of the 20 most-recruited physician and advanced practitioner specialties, 13 had higher average base salary offers in 2012-13 compared with the year before, according to a report from physician staffing firm Merritt Hawkins.

Family medicine and general internal medicine are the top two most-recruited medical specialties, according Merritt Hawkins' 2013 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.

HHS has delayed the final approval dates for health plans that will be sold through the new insurance exchanges, according to a report fromThe Hill.

Large employers expect their employee healthcare benefit costs to increase by 7 percent on average in 2014, according to a survey by the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit employer association.