Spine

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, 2012, David Rothbart, MD, medical director of Spine Team Texas and board chairman of Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake (Texas), shared six best practices for…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, 2012, Kenny Hancock, president and chief development officer of Meridian Surgical Partners, shared six key ways for healthcare professionals to develop a spine-driven ASC.

A recent report from the California Workers' Compensation Institute turned a critical eye toward the California workers' compensation inpatient hospital fee schedule, as it found California hospitals received roughly $67.5 million in duplicate payments in 2010 for injured workers who…

This is a list of 23 ambulatory surgery centers driven by orthopedic spine and neurosurgery procedures. If you would like to recommend another spine-driven ASC for the list, please contact Laura Miller at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com. Sign up for our FREE Spine…

Gerard Girasole, MD, a spine surgeon with the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Trumbull, Conn., has co-authored The 7-Minute Back Pain Solution, according to a Times Union report.

In a session titled "New Developments in Orthopedic and Spine Devices and Implants" at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Chris Zorn, vice president of sales at Spine Surgical Innovation, and Kenneth A. Pettine,…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Alan Villavicencio, MD, of Boulder Neurological & Spine Associates, gave a presentation titled "Minimally Invasive Outpatient Lumbar Fusions — A Study on Clinical Outcomes…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, David Abraham, MD, a spine surgeon at Reading (Pa.) Neck, and Bob Reznik, MBA, and president of Prizm Development, discussed the immediate future of…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Krzystof Siemienow, MD, adult and pediatric spine surgeon at Lutheran General Hospital and UIC, gave a presentation titled "Complex Cervical Spine — Key Developments."

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Kenneth Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon at the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center; Larry Teuber, MD, a spine surgeon and president of Medical Facilities in…