Spine

NASCAR driver Erik Jones was taken to UAB University Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., after suffering a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in his spine following a crash at Talladega Superspeedway, according to an April 23 report from The Tennessean.

Atlanta-based Alliance Spine and Pain Centers has implemented a regular behavioral health screening for all of its patients using MHT's SmarTest platform. 

Wearable technology helped assess postures in neurosurgeons during procedures to address fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders while operating, according to a study published April 19 in the Journal of Neurosurgery. 

Adam Kanter, MD, was named executive medical director of Hoag's Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute in Newport Beach, Calif.

Spine surgeon Ryan Godinsky, MD, has joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine to treat patients at Mayfield's Springboro, Ohio, office, which will open later this spring. 

CMS is proposing two new developments in spine-related coding and payments, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery said April 17.

New updates in the family of ICD-10-CM codes will provide further specifications for back pain.

Synthetic interbody devices and traditional bone grafts have similar complication rates, but pseudarthrosis can be more common in patients with allografts, according to a study in the May issue of Spine.

As with any job search, there are many factors to weigh when deciding to accept an offer. For spine surgeons, those considerations include contacts, ownership plans and communication.

Becker's reported on five spine surgery debuts so far in April.