Spine

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.

Dexamethasone following spinal fusion surgery helped patients swallow better and spend less time in the hospital, according to a Medscape report.

Houston-based Spine Pain Management, a medical services and technology company servicing the spine injury sector, announced its affiliate diagnostic center in San Antonio — Central Texas Pain Center — has opened a satellite center in Austin, Texas.

University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque announced it is developing a new endoscopic spine center, funded by a $2.5 million donation by Anthony T. Yeung, MD.

The health insurance exchange websites were officially opened on Oct. 1, but since then many have closed or been temporarily shut down as the government works to fix glitches in the HealthCare.gov website.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has acquired the assets of Westfield Hospital in Allentown and intends on converting the facility into an orthopedic center with a focus on total joint replacements and spine surgery, according to a Lehigh Valley…

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 25, Robert Bray, Jr., MD, neurological spine surgeon, and Karen Reiter, COO of DISC Sports and Spine Center in Newport Beach and Beverly Hills, Calif., discussed high-acuity spine…

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, Carolyn Neumann, CPC, senior manager of coding and coverage access for Specialty Healthcare Advisers, shared the 10 biggest reimbursement challenges facing ASCs that do minimally invasive spine…

The North American Spine Society Executive Committee has penned a letter to the Washington Post in response to a story about the necessity of spinal fusions.