Spine

A number of Becker’s Spine Review most-read articles this month covered changes to CMS, the independent practice fight and medtech company updates. Here are the top 10 most-read spine and orthopedic articles from Becker’s in June:

Spine surgeons and neurosurgeons were active in the first half of the year, with some joining new private practices while others were promoted within larger health systems or named president of professional societies. A disproportionate share are department chair transitions…

From world first’s procedures to new technology and device debuts, here are 50 milestone firsts in spine and orthopedic surgery, as reported by Becker’s in the first half of 2026.  Note: This list is not exhaustive.

North Oaks Health welcomed neurosurgeons Dani Terrell, MD, and S. Garrett Whipple-Bones, MD, to its North Oaks Neurosurgery Clinic in Hammond, La., earlier this month. Dr. Terrell and Dr. Whipple-Bones recently completed neurosurgical oncology fellowships at Moffitt Cancer Center in…

The next six months for spine surgeons depend on delivering better outcomes for the right patients while technology, training and reimbursement all shift underfoot. That’s no easy task, according to the surgeons and ASC leaders who spoke at the Becker’s…

Marriottsville, MD.-based Bon Secours has debuted the Bon Secours Spine Institute in Richmond, Va., a regional program that coordinates spine care across multiple specialties for patients with chronic back pain and other spinal conditions. The institute combines orthopedic spine care,…

Gregory Zipfel, MD, head of the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Zipfel began his one-year term May 17 He has led the department…

Orthopedic practices leave revenue on the table in ways that are easy to overlook: an idle OR, a missed call, a late-night note, a denial waiting in the rework queue. Each looks like a routine operational snag on its own,…

Laminoplasty — a cervical spine procedure that expands the spinal canal and relieves cord compression without fusing any vertebrae — is motion-preserving, well-established in Asia and Europe and supported by long-term outcomes data, Siamak Yasmeh, MD, a spine surgeon at…

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons applauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health for advancing the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, bipartisan legislation intended to reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage. The bill would establish…