Whether you manage performance across physician groups, hospital-based services or an entire health system, operating reliably at scale has become critical to protecting revenue and reducing risk. As complexity grows, so do the points where performance can break down. Staffing…
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Robert Norton, MD, founding partner and spine surgeon at Boca Raton, Fla.-based Florida Spine Associates, said the practice’s growth from a single office to six facilities across Palm Beach and Broward counties came down to one decision: giving up control.…
For years, spine surgery has been judged by what happens early. How long was the hospital stay? Were there complications? Did the patient need another operation? Did pain improve in the first year? Praveen Mummaneni, MD, believes those questions miss…
Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Brain and Spine has opened an office in Edison, N.J., expanding access to brain, spine and neurovascular care for patients across the region. The new location offers first consultations, second opinions and specialty neurological care. Patients can…
CMS released its 2027 proposed payment rule for outpatient hospital departments and ASCs on July 2, 2026, projecting reimbursement cuts for four of the most common spine pain management procedures in ASCs. According to ASCA, proposed 2027 rates for top-volume…
Orthopedic surgery is moving out of the hospital faster than any payment system was built to handle, and the fight over who gets paid what for that shift is now the defining question for ASCs heading into 2026. The migration…
For years, posterior cervical spine surgery has required a trade-off. Surgeons could use lateral mass screws, the long-standing workhorse of posterior cervical fixation. The technique was familiar, broadly taught and generally safe. But the fixation was not always strong enough.…
The near-term payoff from AI in orthopedic surgery is not a robot taking the scalpel. It is a quieter shift happening before the incision and after the patient goes home: faster surgical planning, cleaner prior authorizations, less documentation burden and…
VB Spine has agreed to acquire the exclusive rights to Augmedics’ CT-Fluoro technology for spine applications, expanding its augmented reality navigation portfolio. The acquisition follows VB Spine’s April purchase of the exclusive rights to the Augmedics xvision spine system platform,…
A standardized MRI classification system improved the accuracy and consistency of lumbar spinal stenosis grading among radiologists and spine specialists, according to a study published July 4 in Academic Radiology. Researchers from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. evaluated a structured…