As consumers become increasingly price savvy when shopping for healthcare, organizations will get a leg up with price transparency policies. Plastic surgeon Jonathan Kaplan, MD, offers his thoughts on price transparency in an article published in Medical Economics.
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A new study published in Spine examines single-level lateral lumbar interbody fusion for patients undergoing surgery due to adjacent segment disease.
Longtime Detroit Red Wings team physician John Finley, DO, has passed away, according to Detroit Free Press.
Spine surgeon Craig C. Callewart, MD, of Dallas-based C3Spine is a beekeeper in his spare time.
Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine announced the upcoming opening of a new office, according to Cincinnati Business Courier.