Spine

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…

New York City-based NYU Langone has added an unconventional team member to its spine program: 3-year-old black labrador retriever Dorothy.  Dorothy joined NYU’s Rusk Rehabilitation in March 2024, also working with patients at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, according to an…

NuVasive infringed five patents from a spine surgeon, a jury determined, according to an April 22 report from Bloomberg Law. The jury ruled that screw assemblies from the Reline, Armada and VuePoint lines infringe combinations of five patents from Roger…

Consolidation in the spine medtech space has been a constant in recent years from large mergers to smaller company acquisitions. For spine surgeons the transforming landscape presents opportunities for innovation, but also some challenges. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly…