Private equity has the potential to help keep spine practices independent, but it doesn't come without risk, according to Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, of the Robotic Spine Institute of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos, Calif.
A 500-pound man with debilitating back pain was turned away from four spine surgeons in Ohio before Minnesota neurosurgeon Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD, agreed to take on the case with a unique approach.
Neurosurgeon Dave Atteberry, MD, is competing against two other physicians for a position as chief medical officer on the Yakima (Wash.) Health District Board of Health, according to YakimaHerald.com.
A lawsuit over Aetna Life Insurance's spine surgery coverage that was originally dismissed in 2019 will now go forward, according to a motion granted June 11.
Ernest Braxton, MD, has laid out three key advantages of awake spinal fusion, a procedure that he first performed in 2016, Summit Daily reported June 14.
The implementation of sophisticated artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms has the potential to transform how spine surgeons approach preoperative clinic visits and guide decisions based on predictive models.
Barth Green, MD, recently performed his final surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, calling time on a five-decade career as a neurosurgeon, CBS Miami reported May 28.
Value-based care has long been in the pipelines for spine surgery, but many surgeons believe they must push back against complex cases being included in value-based models such as bundled payments.
From telemedicine to augmented reality and the advancement of single-position procedures, the technology that will have the most significant effect on the future of the field is discussed by four spine surgeons.
Jonathan Slotkin, MD, vice chair of neurosurgery at Geisinger in Danville, Pa., is the newest independent board member of PeerWell, a digital health practice focused on musculoskeletal care.
Gregory Scherr, MD, on June 3 lost in his attempt to revive a lawsuit over alleged defamatory statements against six neurosurgeons and St. Paul, Minn.-based HealthEast Care System, Bloomberg Law reports.
The U.S. Department of Justice continues to clamp down on kickback cases in healthcare. Here are two cases that involved neurosurgeons and a device company in May:
Andrew Hecht, MD, chief of spine surgery at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System sees promise in motion preservation and robotics in the spine field.
