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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.

Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center and Black Hills Neurosurgery & Spine merged Sept. 1 to form The Spine Center at Black Hills Orthopedics, a 20-physician group that includes five spine surgeons and one neurologist.

Nicholas Grosso, MD, president of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda, Md., spoke to Becker's about how CMS' physician fee and reimbursement cuts will affect orthopedic surgeons and how orthopedic care delivery will change in the coming years.

Mercy Hospital in Miami is one of three HCA East Florida hospitals now offering augmented reality spine surgery.

Daniel Lieberman, MD, medical director at Phoenix Spine & Joint, spoke to Becker's Spine Review about outpatient migration, how hospitals will compete in orthopedics post-pandemic and the future of spine surgery at ASCs.

It's been a strong year for Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone and Joint Institute. The company went on a merger spree with five deals with Northwest Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Chicago, Hinsdale (Ill.) Orthopaedic Associates, Bradley, Ill.-based Oak Orthopedics, Park…

Gene Austin is the CEO of Columbia (Mo.) Orthopaedic Group. He spoke with Becker's Spine Review about the company's use of workflow automation and how it's helped during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October, Raymond Gardocki, MD, joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., where he will help develop the endoscopic spine surgery program.

Twin Cities Orthopedics, a 144-physician group based in Golden Valley, Minn., named Aaron Johnson CEO in October, succeeding Troy Simonson in the role.

Eeric Truumees, MD, was named president of the North American Spine Society earlier this month. Dr. Truumees practices at Texas Spine and Scoliosis and is a professor of orthopedic and neurological surgery at the University of Texas-Dell Medical School, both…