Assure Holdings has acquired intraoperative neuromonitoring services company Elevation in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area.
The Latest
Jessica Jameson, MD, interventional pain physician and founding partner of Axis Spine Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has been nominated for a seat on the Panhandle District Board of Health, KREM reports.
Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, Fla., has bolstered its robotics program by adding Smith+Nephew's Cori system, South Florida Hospital News reported April 15.
Prior authorization is a contentious issue in spine care at the moment. Beginning July 1, CMS will require the policy for cervical fusion with disc removal and implanted spinal neurostimulators, which physicians say will further limit access to care.
The Spine Institute of Louisiana broke ground April 9 on a $20 million multidisciplinary spine hospital in Bossier City, La., according to the Bossier Press-Tribune.
Orthopedic surgeons fell from the No. 1 spot on Medscape's highest compensated physicians report in 2020.
From patient care to industry landscape, the pandemic has shifted the orthopedic industry drastically.
Medical device company SpineGuard has named Patrick Pilcher as the vice president of sales and marketing in the U.S., according to an April 15 release.
Ched Nwagwu, MD, is a spine and neurosurgeon at White Plains-based Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York.
Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla., is reportedly the first hospital in South Florida to use Synaptive's Modus V 3D exoscope.