Spine

Here are eight things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013.

Here are eight recent honors and leadership appointments in the field of spine surgery.

Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas announced it has expanded its neurosurgical partnership with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the addition of pediatric neurosurgical services to FirstHealth UNC Neurosurgery in Pinehurst.

Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., announced the addition of Charles W. Kanaly, MD, of the Rhode Island Neurosurgical Institute in Providence, to its medical staff.

Johnny Delashaw Jr., MD, a neurosurgeon, is reopening his practice at the Kirkpatrick Family Care clinic in Longview, Wash., according to a report by The Daily News.

Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery at Fisher-Titus, a new spine surgery program being offered at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, Ohio, is open to patients, according to a Sandusky Register report.

The North American Spine Society has signed a letter along with other specialty societies addressing electronic health record information for clinical data registries to United States Representative Diane Black.

Steven Cyr, MD, has been named chief of staff at Victory Medical Center Landmark in San Antonio.

Daniel Resnick, MD, MS, professor and vice chairman of neurological surgery at the University School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, shares insight on the latest developments in the North American Spine Society spine registry.

Here are five ways spine practices will be more challenged to get paid for procedures — and how to overcome them.