1. Trends in Spine Surgeon Pay: What Can the Future Hold? – Four spine surgeons discuss trends in spine surgery compensation and where it may be going.
2. Medicare Data Released: How Data Transparency is Transforming the Spine Field – Four spine surgeons discuss the Medicare and Medicaid data recently released on spinal fusions and how data transparency is changing healthcare, for better or for worse.
3. A Rapidly Evolving Field: Spine Surgeons Weigh In on Important Clinical Developments – Two spine surgeons discuss clinical developments in spine surgery that are radically changing the way surgeons provide care and spine surgery procedure outcomes.
4. 3 Trends for the Future of Spine – A panel consisting of Nick Pachuda, vice president of Strategic Innovations and Total Solution, DePuy Synthes Select; James Lynch, MD, founder of SpineNevada; and Stephen H. Hochschuler, MD, chairman of Texas Back Institute discussed key trends for the future of spine.
5. Spine Surgery in ASCs: 6 Burning Questions About Future Feasibility – A panel including John Caruso, MD, FACS, a neurosurgeon with Parkway Surgery Center in Hagerstown, Md.; Richard Wohns, MD, founder and president of NeoSpine; and Kenny Hancock, president and chief development officer of Meridian Surgical Partners discuss today’s healthcare environment and the feasibility of bringing spine surgery into the outpatient setting.
6. The Next 5 Years in Spine: The Question of Physician Independence & More – Stephen Hochschuler, MD, chairman of Texas Back Institute, Anthony Yeung, MD, founder of Desert Institute for Spine Care, and Choll Kim, MD, PhD, of Spine Institute San Diego and Minimally Invasive Center of Excellence, shared their thoughts on what lies ahead for the spine surgery field.
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