Spine

The healthcare landscape has changed drastically over the past decade, especially since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act seeking to increase quality while lowering the cost of healthcare in the United States. Here, Steven Garfin, MD,…

Jeffrey Lobel, MD, has joined the medical staff of Zanesville, Ohio-based Genesis HealthCare System, according to a Zanesville Times Recorder report.

Cleveland Clinic announced in a news release it offers stereotactic spine radiosurgery to treat metastases located on the spine.

Here are 10 spine surgeons discussing their thoughts on what constitutes minimally invasive spine surgery.

Patrick F. O'Leary, MD, a spine surgeon and former chief of the spine service at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, has received a lifetime achievement award from the hospital.

Minimally invasive approaches to transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion are nearly $6,000 less expensive than open surgery approaches, according to findings from an analysis at Rush University Medical Center published in a Pain Medicine News report.

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…