Spine

A spine surgeon at Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) corrected an 86-degree curve in a 13-year-old patient, the health system said April 15.

Spine Centers of Excellence are designed to deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare by providing specialized and comprehensive multidisciplinary care and have become an attractive option to insurers and providers in recent years.

Spine surgeons who are younger, personable, provide sufficient pain relief and work in favorable offices receive the most positive patient reviews online, according to a study published by New York City-based Mount Sinai School of Medicine in April.

Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, is the first surgeon in Minnesota and among the first in the country to perform fully percutaneous, single-position, navigated anterior/posterior spinal fusion.

A physician leading volunteer efforts and nine more spine surgeons to know:

Here are eight hospitals and practices hiring spine surgeons, using LinkedIn's job search tool.

Renton-based Providence Health & Services Washington has agreed to pay $22.7 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded federal healthcare programs with medically unnecessary neurosurgery procedures.

Intraoperative neuromonitoring company Assure Holdings partnered with Yankee Alliance, a healthcare group purchasing organization.

Craig Humphreys, MD, an Alaskan spine surgeon, has performed more than 100 surgeries for children in Kenya and has plans to establish a training center in the country.

Artificial intelligence startup Viz.ai raised $100 million in its fourth round of funding and has reached a valuation of $1.2 billion, the company announced April 7.