Spine

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule last week, which includes a few updates for spine coding, according to a report from the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.

Kevin Cahill, MD, has joined the Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates' Huntersville and Charlotte, N.C., offices.

When Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, decided to open a spine-focused ambulatory surgery center, he had very few examples to look to for similar successful models. He founded and currently serves as CEO of DISC Sports & Spine Center in…

Atlantic Spine Center, based in West Orange, N.J., offers a new online feature, the Back & Neck Pain Evaluation Tool.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 25, Karen Reiter, COO, and Robert Bray, Jr., MD, founder and CEO of DISC Sports and Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., discussed the business model for…

A group of researchers led by Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, have outlined five strategies to improve outcomes for patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures.

Richard N. Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, founder and president of South Sound Neurosurgery in Puyallup, Wash., recently conducted a study titled "A Comparison of the Safety of Lumbar Fusions Performed as Outpatient (<25-Hour Discharge) or Inpatient (>24-Hour Discharge) Procedures." He…

Spine surgeon Donald Corenman, MD, released a physical examination book for lumbar spine disorders and spine care titled, Clinician's Guidebook to Lumbar Spine Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Kenneth Pettine, MD, hosted a symposium for spine surgeons and ambulatory surgery center leaders in Dallas to discuss clinical and business issues with spine surgery in ASCs.

The Rockford Spine Center in Illinois has been named to the medical network for the Rockford IceHogs, and several physicians will serve as the hockey team's orthopedic spine specialists.