Spine

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York announced it has received a gift from The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation to create the Sackler Brain and Spine Institute.

Medicine has been thought of as a profession for much longer than it has been considered a business. Spine surgeons undergo rigorous training to learn how to perform the functions of their profession, but as healthcare reform continues to change…

Here five spine surgeons and experts in their field discuss what the most fulfilling part of practicing as a spine surgeon is.

Carolyn Neumann, CPC, Senior Manager, Coding & Coverage Access at Specialty Healthcare Advisers, discusses the challenges for coding spine surgery in ambulatory surgery centers and reimbursement trends for the future. Ms. Neumann will be discussing these themes further in a…

United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, W. Va., is planning a $15 million facility that will include neurosurgery, orthopedic and outpatient rehabilitation therapy services.

Gregory Hoffman, MD, of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Ortho NorthEast, performed the nation's second double spinal disc replacement using a procedure only recently approved by the FDA at Parkview Ortho Hospital in Fort Wayne, according to a report by The Journal…

A study published in Spine recently compared the outcome of anterior cervical decompression and fusion combined with a structured physiotherapy program to the same program without surgery for patients with cervical radiculopathy.

A survey from athenahealth details how independent physicians feel accountable care organizations will impact the quality of care, profitability and amount of effort it requires to get paid.

United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, W. Va., is planning a $15 million facility that will include neurosurgery, orthopedic and outpatient rehabilitation therapy services, according to a report by The Exponent Telegram.

Spine surgeons and non-surgical spine and back pain specialists traditionally worked in silos, their care reflected through the lens of whichever physician they saw first. In some communities, surgeons and non-surgical specialists have competitive relationships and studies with varying responses…