Spine

This article is written by David B. Mandell, JD, MBA and Carole C. Foos, CPA, OJM Group. Choosing the form and structure of one's medical practice is an important decision. Most advisors to medical practices believe that the avoidance of…

In a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, the American Association for Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons addressed the issues of payment for stereotactic radiosurgery and bundling of services.

Karen Reiter, COO of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif. DISC and Newport Beach, Calif., discusses eight leadership tactics for effective ambulatory surgery center leaders.

Woodland (Calif.) Healthcare announced the addition of Dennis Meredith, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, to its medical staff.

Several specialty societies, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons and North American Spine Society recently sent a letter commenting on the potential release of Medicare physician data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

NeuroSpine Institute announced it will open a new location in Park City, Utah in January 2014.

Every medical practice strives for efficiency, but there are several potential roadblocks that can derail the ideal, smoothly-run clinic.

A retrospective review of patients who underwent minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion from 2007 to 2010 that included rhBMP-2 found that complications resulted in substantial financial cost for the patients and surgeon, according to a report published in The…

Bend, Ore.-based Northwest Brain and Spine announced the addition of Philip Wallace, MD, to its medical staff, according to a report by The Bulletin.

Here are eight things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013.