CMS removed six spinal procedures from the inpatient-only list in the CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule, issued Nov. 1.
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Spine surgeon Nitin Khanna, MD, and Franciscan Health in Mishawaka, Ind., are participating in a study on the long-term prognosis for patients undergoing micro decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, The Times of Northwest Indiana reports
Portsmouth, N.H.-based Atlantic Orthopedics & Sports Medicine added Matthew Quitkin, MD, to its practice on Nov. 1, reports Fosters.
Franklin (Tenn.) Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine opened a second location in Shelbyville, Tenn., this week reports Times-Gazette.
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