Today, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association awarded a Blue Designation, with expanded qualifications, in the area of spine surgery.
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Spine Surgery has rapidly advanced over the past few decades to include many new minimally invasive devices and procedures, revolutionizing the field. However, not all advances have been reimbursed by insurance companies, and device companies find continued challenges in bringing…
Fernando Techy, MD, is a spine surgeon at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in Morton Grove. He is also an assistant professor of clinical orthopedics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, N.J, purchased the O-Arm imaging system with a $1 million donation from philanthropist David Bolger and became the first hospital in northern New Jersey to offer spine and brain surgery with this imaging technology, according to…
Global medical device company Smith & Nephew named Michael Friedman, MD, as a non-executive director to join the board April 11.
Here are five points on orthopedic surgeon preferences for new payment models.
Within the latest $2.4 trillion deficit-reduction plan floated by president-appointed bipartisan budget watchdogs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles is $600 billion in spending cuts to healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, according to a report by the Wall Street…
Today, HHS issued a final rule on essential health benefits that must be covered when health insurance is expanded in 2014.
Three spine surgeons discuss best tips for developing productive relationships with payors.
Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for Feb. 21, 2013.