Spine
In the realm of spinal fusion surgery, the quest for faster, safer, and more reliable bone formation has led to…
CMS’ 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule marked the largest single-year expansion of outpatient-eligible surgery since at least 2018, surpassing, in one year, the 59 procedures Becker’s tracked as added to the ASC-covered list…
Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, a Michigan-based healthcare provider, terminated its lobbying contract with Khoury Johnson Leavitt LLC, effective June 30, according to a Sept. 1 filing with the Lobbying Disclosure Act database. The relationship between IINN and the…
Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, has been performing complex spine surgery for 33 years. Today, he can do some operations in nearly half the time they once took him. That is what decades of experience are supposed to produce: A…
A standardized postoperative order set significantly reduced unnecessary paging between pediatric, orthopedic and nursing teams caring for children after spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis, according to a Sept. 2 study published in Cureus. Researchers at Park Ridge, Ill.-based Advocate…
Orlando (Fla.) Health launched the Orlando Health Spine Center in the Tampa (Fla.) Bay area Sept. 1. The multidisciplinary program brings together orthopedic, neurosurgical and pain management physicians to diagnose and treat patients with back and spine concerns, according to…
Spine surgeons told Becker’s that insurers are increasingly asking for the exact graft and implant names planned for surgery before approving some spinal fusions, on top of level-by-level coding, imaging and proof of failed conservative treatment. Getting a fusion approved…
A single number has defined osteoporosis diagnosis for more than three decades: the T-score, a measure of bone mineral density taken from a DEXA scan and codified by the World Health Organization. It is still the standard insurers use to…
Spine surgery has no shortage of new tools. Navigation can place screws with extraordinary precision. Robotics can automate parts of an operation. AI can process data that would take a surgeon hours to review. Patient-specific implants and planning platforms promise…
Advances in minimally invasive surgery, robotics, neuro-oncology, neurotechnology and complex spine care are expanding what is possible in neurosurgery. Neurosurgeons across the country are helping drive that progress while advancing research, refining surgical techniques and training the next generation. The…
University of Chicago Medicine established a Section of Computational Neurosurgery Sept. 1 to combine neurosurgery, AI and data science in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease. The section, which UChicago Medicine said is the first of its kind in…