Spine

Becker’s reported on two developments in spine trials in August. 1. Kinglsey Chin, MD, founder and president of SpineFrontier, was sentenced to supervised release and ordered to pay a fine after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements…

Spine surgeon Joseph Weinstein, DO, has been barred from seeing patients with workers’ compensation claims by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, Newsday reported Aug. 20. Dr. Weinstein’s renewal application with the board was rejected in April, the report…

An upcoming policy from Cigna Healthcare will focus on codes for office visits, but the move is concerning one spine surgeon. Effective Oct. 1, Cigna’s new Evaluation and Management Coding Accuracy policy will review CPT evaluation and management codes 99204-99205,…

Many spine surgeons and patients have benefitted from outpatient migration when it comes to costs and outcomes, but the option for inpatient stays will always remain. Three spine surgeons discuss how their hospitals are facing shifting needs. Note: Responses were…

Medical City Fort Worth (Texas) recently added a motion-preserving procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, according to an Aug. 20 news release shared with Becker’s. The approach involves decompression of the spinal nerved and them placement of a…

Spinal neurosurgeon Zayed Almadidy, MD, joined Advocate Health Neurosurgery, the program’s direector Dean Karahalios, MD, said in an Aug. 19 LinkedIn post. Dr. Almadidy will work at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill. starting in October. He has…

To thrive in the outpatient landscape, spine and orthopedic ASCs should lean into three trends some surgeons say are overlooked.  Note: Responses were lightly edited. Question: What’s one trend more spine and orthopedic ASCs should take advantage of? Craig McMains,…

With many new spine residencies in full swing, veterans in the specialty share their advice for the next crop of physicians. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business…

Onward Medical has received FDA approval to begin a pivotal study of its Arc-IM system, an implantable neurostimulation therapy designed to treat blood pressure instability after spinal cord injury, according to an Aug.18 news release.  The condition affects more than…

The cost savings associated with outpatient spine surgery is likely to accelerate its adoption in ASCs, Steven Girdler, MD, said. Dr. Girdler, of Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Surgery Center, spoke about the potential of spine surgery in ASCs with Becker’s.…