Spine

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has given the Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute at LifeBridge Health, based in Baltimore, two Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards and the Target: Stroke designation.

Charles Mick, MD, president of the North American Spine Society, responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' decision to publish a price list based on chargemaster data for the 100 most common hospital procedures, including spinal fusion, in…

Neurosurgery generated $1.68 million in revenue for hospitals on average, according to the "2013 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey" from Merritt Hawkins.

In a recent study published in Spine, researchers conducted a cross-sectional study comparing patient and surgeon expectations prior to spine surgery.

The Joint Commission has granted Seton Medical Center Austin, Seton Medical Center Williamson in Round Rock, Texas, and University Medical Center Breckenridge – Seton in Austin, its Gold Seal of Approval for disease specific spine surgery, according to a Community…

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Six spine surgeons discuss the use of mobile technology to enhance their practice.

Kenneth Hansraj, MD, of New York Spine Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., discusses the need for patients to take responsibility for their health, rising healthcare costs and how the future of spine surgery has already arrived.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery has released guidelines for vertebral augmentation.

Domagoj Coric, MD, board member of the ISASS sister organization International Advocates for Spine Patients, has written a response to the recently released BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina's "Let's Talk Cost" statement.