Spine

John Prunskis, MD, presidential appointee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Pain Management Best Practices Task Force, travelled to the white house to discuss solutions to the opioid crisis and other healthcare challenges on Nov. 4.

Providence, R.I.-based Brown University is partnering with Intel to investigate the use of artificial intelligence to restore signals above and below spinal cord injuries, reports EE News Europe.

A jury delivered a verdict of $101 million to be awarded to a family after their son failed to receive the medical attention he needed, resulting in severe brain damage when he was born, CBS 2 reports.

Six spine and neurosurgeons outline common financial mistakes independent physicians can make.

Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro neurosurgeon Ying Chen, DO, performed a robotics-assisted two-level interbody fusion surgery at Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio.

Physicians at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H., are using spinal anesthesia in infants to avoid the risks and postoperative complications that can arise with general anesthesia.

The pediatric neurosurgery team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., recently volunteered at a Ugandan hospital performing neurosurgical procedures with local residents.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Clint Hill, MD, died in a plane crash on Oct. 31, reports WCYB.

CMS removed six spinal procedures from the inpatient-only list in the CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule, issued Nov. 1.

The 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a significant increase for minimally invasive SI joint fusions.