Spine

Becker's reported on two spine and orthopedic setlements in the last month.

Declining CMS pay has been a point of pain for many spine surgeons. Five spine surgeons share their concerns and if the decreasing pay rates would ever affect the patients they treat.

Spine surgeon Mohamed Salar, MD, joined MSU Health Care Sports Medicine, according to a Sept. 6 news release. 

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is the first organization in the state to earn the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for spinal fusion, according to an Aug. 31 news release.

Joshua Kolz, MD, joined The Spine Center at Black Hills Orthopedics in Rapid City, S.D.

The relationship between spine surgeons and major payers has been complicated over the years. Four spine surgeons shared their perspective on the payer market where they live.

Albert Wong, MD, of Los Angeles-based DOCS Health completed the second endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion on the West Coast.

A whistleblower lawsuit from Hooman Melamed, MD, alleging Hoag Orthopedic Institute Surgery Center in Marina del Rey, Calif. compromised patient care will go to arbitration.

Shore Orthopaedic University Associates in Somers Point, N.J. added spine surgeon Gregory Callanan, DO., according to an Aug. 29 announcement in the Cape May County Herald.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery released a statement supporting restorative neurostimulation for some patients with mechanical chronic low back pain caused by multifidus dysfunction.