Spine

Barrington (Ill.) Pain and Spine Institute's certificate of need to include spine surgery in its offerings was approved by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

  Five spine surgeons discuss the biggest challenges facing the surgeons today.

  Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for April 24, 2014.

Here are 10 recent updates from spine and orthopedic professional societies.

Earlier this year, the American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel announced it will make a few significant changes for spinal procedure coding in 2015.

  There is evidence of the short-term efficacy of opioids to treat chronic low back pain, however, the effectiveness and safety of long-term opioid therapy for the same condition remains unproven, according to a study published in Spine.

A team of researchers recently examined ICD-9-CM discharge codes in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to compare hospital medical coder-assigned codes to the surgeon diagnosis, according to a Newswise report.

A prospective analysis of adverse events in patients who undergo surgery for degenerative spondylolisthesis was recently published in The Spine Journal.

Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., has unveiled a new device that will be used to navigate spine surgery, the first of its kind in the state, according to an ABC 32 WNCF TV report.

The North American Spine Society participates in the Advancing Medical Professionalism to Improve Health Care Foundation's "Choosing Wisely" campaign, which was recently criticized in a Kaiser Health News report.