Kenneth Pettine, MD, founder of The Spine Institute and Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center is hosting an event with Paradigm Spine to support spine surgery in ASCs and help further educate surgery center owners.

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Kenneth Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon at the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center; Larry Teuber, MD, a spine surgeon and president of Medical Facilities in Rapid City, S.D.; and Timothy T. Davis, MD, DABNM, DABPMR, DABPM, a spine surgeon and director of interventional pain and electrodiagnostics at The Spine Institute in Los Angeles, discussed trends in spine surgery and ideas for improving profitability and outcomes of spine programs. Scott Becker, JD, CPA, partner at McGuireWoods, moderated the session.

Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center (Warner Robins, Ga.). Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center is home to four orthopedic and sports medicine specialists and one spine surgeon. The ASC consists of two operating rooms, a sub-sterile area, four preoperative rooms and five PACU beds. The center performs a variety of orthopedic procedures, including anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, carpal tunnel release, trigger finger release and surgery for tennis elbow. The center's spine program performs cervical disc replacement, multi-level anterior cervical disc fusion, endoscopic spine procedures and minimally invasive spine fusions, among other procedures. Becky Mann, director of Houston Orthopedic, attributes the center's success to its dedication to patient care and cost-consciousness. "Our goal at Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center is to always put our patient first," she says. "Service is given with professional competence and a smile. No one in the center is too busy to stop and answer a question or lend a helping hand."

Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center (Warner Robins, Ga.). Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center is home to four orthopedic and sports medicine specialists and one spine surgeon. The ASC consists of two operating rooms, a sub-sterile area, four preoperative rooms and five PACU beds. The center performs a variety of orthopedic procedures, including anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, carpal tunnel release, trigger finger release and surgery for tennis elbow. The center's spine program performs cervical disc replacement, multi-level anterior cervical disc fusion, endoscopic spine procedures and minimally invasive spine fusions, among other procedures. Becky Mann, director of Houston Orthopedic, attributes the center's success to its dedication to patient care and cost-consciousness. "Our goal at Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center is to always put our patient first," she says. "Service is given with professional competence and a smile. No one in the center is too busy to stop and answer a question or lend a helping hand."