Spine

Rick Sasso, MD, founding member and president of Indiana Spine Group, was the 2013 recipient of the St. Vincent Health Research Symposium Career Achievement in Research Award, according to an AAOS Now report.

Here are eight important concepts for spine surgeons to understand about reimbursement and collections going forward.

The Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery announced that Richard Wohns, MD, is leading a mission trip to Nepal to educate and train local neurosurgeons and residents on the latest neurosurgical techniques.

Brandenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine/Pain Management announced that Mark Blechner, MD, has joined its orthopedics division.

Frisco (Texas) Spine announced that it is opening a new office in Plano, Texas, and that it has added David L. Masel, MD, to its medical staff.

SSM Neurosciences Institute at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles, Mo., announced that David Neils, MD, has joined its medical staff, according to a St. Charles County Suburban Journals report.

David B. Levine, MD, a practicing orthopedic surgeon from 1966 to 1995 and the former chief of scoliosis at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, discusses his new book Anatomy of Hospital. He is currently the chair of the…

Christopher Sliva, MD, a spine surgeon with Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center talks about four ways spine surgeons can make a positive impression on patients and their community.

NuVasive shares dropped 13 percent after the company announced receiving a subpoena related to potentially false or improper Medicare and Medicaid claims, erasing more than $100 million in share value, according to a UT San Diego report.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013.