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Alexander Vaccaro, MD, is a spine surgeon with Rothman Institute and vice chairman of the department of orthopedics at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He also serves as the co-director of the regional spinal cord injury center at Delaware…

NuVasive, a medical device company focused on minimally disruptive surgical products and procedures for the spine, announced revenue of $154.4 million for the second quarter this year, up 16.1 percent from the same period in 2011.

Arthur Casey, CASC, senior vice president of business development for Outpatient Healthcare Strategies, discusses seven ways to foster surgery center culture that emphasizes cost cutting, innovation and profitability.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute — with regional centers in Tampa, as well as Oklahoma City, Philadelphia and Scottsdale, Ariz. — has launched two surgical procedures, RegenaDISC and minimally invasive stabilization.

Approximately 56,585 professionals were awarded a total of $967 million in Medicare electronic health record incentive payments in 2011, representing about 9 percent of the estimated 600,172 professionals eligible for the program, according to data in the "Number and Characteristics…

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