Spine

Blue Cross Blue Shield has given MidMichigan Medical Center, headquartered in Midland, a Blue Distinction for spine surgery, as well as hip and knee replacement, according to a MLive report.

The following article is written by Jessica Nantz, president and founder of Outpatient Healthcare Strategies.As patient-consumers have assumed more responsibility for the cost of healthcare, they are taking greater interest in where to receive surgical care. Employers have assumed more…

SpineMark recently hosted a webinar titled "How to Effectively Market Spine Centers and Spine Surgeons." The program featured Marcy T. Rogers, M.Ed., president and CEO of SpineMark, who shared tips on effectively creating a marketing plan for spine centers and…

The Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons have released the first new set of acute cervical spine and spinal cord injury focused guidelines in the past decade.

Spine Institute Northwest in Seattle has announced that a recent study lead by Andrew Pugely, MD, of the University of Iowa has found that outpatient spinal surgery is a safer option for patients.

The second phase of a $23.1 million expansion of Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo, Ind., will include a spine center, according to a Kokomo Perspective report.

Four spine surgeons talk about which spinal technologies they see the most potential for positively impacting patient care.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, March 21, 2013.

The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine has announced that Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, professor and attending surgeon of orthopaedics and neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and a partner at the Rothman Institute, has been chosen as co-chairman of the…

Marc Cohen, MD, a spine surgeon based in New Jersey, discusses four big coverage challenges for spine surgeons and how changes should be made to the system in the future.