Spine

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 16, Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, with Ellis Medical Consulting, discussed 15 current procedure terminology coding issues for orthopedic and spine ambulatory surgery center facilities.

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Review Conference in Chicago on June 15, Richard W. Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, of South Sound Neurosurgery gave a presentation titled “Comparing the Reimbursement of Spine Procedures: ASCs vs. Hospitals.” He…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Devin Datta, MD, of Crane Creek Surgery Center gave a presentation titled “Complex Revision Spine Surgery and ALIFs, TLIFs, DLIFs in ASCs — Lessons…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, Charles Gordon, MD, a partner at Texas Spine & Joint Hospital in Tyler and owner of Gordon Spine & Brain Associates, discussed strategies to…

In a session at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, Richard Kube, MD, a spine surgeon and founder of Prairie Spine & Pain Institute; Devin Datta, MD, a spine surgeon with…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, Devin Datta, MD, a spine surgeon at Crane Creek Surgery Center in Melbourne, Fla., and Jeff Leland, CEO, of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners…

At a session at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, Chris Bishop, senior vice president, acquisitions and development, Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, discussed how underperforming surgery centers can add spine to improve their profitability.

Here are seven spine surgeons discussing how to become more active in spine care and healthcare policy.

Here are 12 spine surgeons recently recognized or rewarded for achievements in their field.

A recent study of whether surgical site infections are associated with case order in spine surgery concludes that decompressive procedures performed later in the day carry a higher risk for postoperative infection, according to a report in Spine.