Spine

Here are five spine surgeons who joined new practices or added to their titles in April. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. Cohere Health added spine surgeon Paul Johnson, MD, to its medical advisory board. 2. Frances Hardaway,…

Certificate of need laws, which require special approval from state governments to expand or build new facilities, can pose challenges for patient access. Here’s how CON laws, or the lack thereof, affect spine surgeons in two regions of the U.S.…

Aclarion signed a commercial agreement with Spine Institute of Louisiana in Shreveport, according to an April 29 news release. The practice will use Aclarion’s Nociscan diagnostic tool for chronic lower back pain patients. Nociscan uses artificial intelligence to help physicians…

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield established favorable coverage for Mainstay Medical Holdings’ Reactiv8 restorative neurostimulation for intractable chronic low back pain. Coverage went into effect on April 16, according to an April 28 news release. Under the policy Reactiv8…

New York City-based Spine Associates of NYC has added orthopedic spine surgeon Baron Lonner, MD.  Dr. Lonner specializes in scoliosis surgery, according to an April 28 news release from the practice. He currently works as a surgeon and clinical professor…

Many spine surgeons, neurosurgeons and leaders throughout the industry are advancing the space through their work, achievements and innovations.  Here are 25 power players in spine surgery: Note: Leaders are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Jocelyne Bloch, MD.…

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health has added Seaspine’s 7D spine navigation system, according to an April 24 report from NBC affiliate KTVZ. St. Charles surgeons are the first in the state to use the system, which was officially added in…

Hilary Onyiuke, MD, founder of the UConn Health Comprehensive Spine Center and vice chair of University of Connecticut’s department of neurosurgery, has been tapped to sit on Augmedics’ national technical board, according to an April 24 report from UConn Today.…

While functional outcomes for spine surgery patients show little variation depending on the age of the operating surgeon, patient satisfaction may be higher among those treated by younger surgeons, according to a study published April 21 in JAMA Network Open.…

Healthcare technology company PatientIQ has launched an EHR for the American Spine Registry, a joint collaboration between the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. PatientIQ aims to simplify data collection for healthcare organizations, streamlining…