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A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, identified five national trends in back pain management and spine-related care from 1999 to 2010 that are unsupported by published clinical guidelines.

Matthew Saltzman, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, has joined the Glenview (Ill.) Outpatient Center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

The addition of spine services requires many centers to add specially trained staff, obtain capital equipment and the purchase of instruments and implantable devices. Failing to recognize cost may cause financial performance to vary significantly from the business plan. Here…

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, and Karen Reiter will give a presentation titled "Advanced High Acuity Procedures for ASCs."

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