The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some of the benefits of performing spine surgery at ASCs, but hospitals are still struggling with patients' reluctance to have inpatient procedures.
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Robots have made a lot of noise in the spine industry in recent years, but currently offer more hype than clinical value, and can be cost prohibitive to ASCs, according to Frank Phillips, MD, director of spine surgery at Rush…
The U.S. healthcare system continues its push away from a fee-for-service system toward value-based care, but providers and payers can't seem to agree on a universal definition for value-based care.
Meagan Fernandez, DO, recently completed her 200th robotic-assisted pediatric spine surgery at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute.
Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group opened its third ASC this year as part of its musculoskeletal institute.
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One of the first three-level lumbar spinal fusions at an ASC was recently performed by Jeffrey Carlson, MD, president of Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va.
Saqib Hasan, MD, a complex spine surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive techniques, spoke to Becker's Spine Review about how endoscopic spine surgery has benefited his practice and why he anticipates more surgeons adopting endoscopic approaches in the future.
Hospital for Special Surgery has appointed Martin Roche, MD, director of hip and knee arthroplasty at HSS Florida in West Palm Beach, where it opened a 60,000-square-foot hospital in January 2020.
Richard Chua, MD, of Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest NeuroSpecialists, spoke with Becker's Spine Review about robot-assisted spine surgery and his outlook for the year.
Seven months after opening his spine practice, Vladimir Sinkov, MD, spoke to Becker's about payer challenges, outpatient migration and how robotics will become more prominent at surgery centers.