Deal-making is on the horizon for KKR, the parent company of Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare, according to Bloomberg.
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Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) plans to build a $1 billion outpatient surgery and medical campus in Hamburg, Ky., for which it will receive up to $12.7 million in tax breaks over 20 years, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
Here are eight spine surgeons making the news this week:
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital on May 7 partnered with Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare to develop a $35 million rehab facility for spinal cord injury and other neurologic conditions, Tampa Business Journal reports.
Orthopedic surgeon Aaron Humphreys, MD, joined the staff at Providence Kodiak (Alaska) Island Medical Center, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reports.
Las Cruces (N.M.) Orthopaedic Associates will shut down permanently May 11 as a result of "unforeseen circumstances" potentially tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice announced May 4.
Spine and orthopedic surgeries have been gradually moving away from the hospital setting toward ASCs well before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Orthopaedic Institute in Gainesville, Fla., began performing elective surgeries again on May 4, with added protocols to ensure the safety of its patients and staff.
In NuVasive's first quarter earnings call on May 6, CEO Chris Barry expanded on the company's financial standing and discussed how the company is monitoring the return to elective spinal surgeries at U.S. hospitals, as transcribed by The Motley Fool.
Neurosurgeon Bikash Bose, MD, was recently recognized as one of Philadelphia Magazine's 2020 Top Doctors, according to The Dialog.