Spine

Cumberland Surgical Hospitals opened the Cumberland Surgical Hospital of San Antonio.

Spine in ASCs continues to grow with the January 2015 addition of nine spine codes to the ASC-payable list. Bolstering spine offerings in outpatient surgery centers could result in profitable businesses.

A VA Spinal Cord Injury Center in Waltham, Mass., has experienced positive results with the EarlySense Monitoring System.

Jeff Lehmen, MD, of SSM Health in St. Louis, became board certified, according to Lake News Online.

Here are nine things to know about spine in the ASC setting.

Here are eight spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles received a $2 million gift to support brain and spinal cord tumor research, according to a News-Medical report.

Spinal manipulation may relieve back pain for some people, researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada found, according to NewsmaxHealth. Spine published the study.

Neurosurgeon Madhavan Pisharodi, MD, received the Kerala Association of Rio Grande Valley's 2015 Life Time Achievement Award, according to The Monitor.

The National Scoliosis Center is now treating patients in a new facility in Fairfax, Va.