Value-based care has seen some growth in spine and orthopedics, with some groups embracing the payment model.

All surgeons, clinical teams, OR directors, and hospital administrators want to boost operational efficiency, increase procedural volume capacity, and improve patient outcomes by having access to the most cutting-edge technology.

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush has added endoscopic spine surgery, an ultra-minimally invasive procedure. 

Cervical disc replacement may have advantages over minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy to treat cervical radiculopathy, according to a study published in the May 2024 issue of The Spine Journal.

Banner Health and Hoag are among the places that promoted spine surgeons or added new physicians.

A federal judge dismissed a 2023 antitrust lawsuit alleging Adena Health System's monopolization of orthopedic care, ruling the surgeons bringing the lawsuit did not prove tangible harm to competition.

Over 20 years, only 1.26% of lumbar disc replacements have needed a follow-up revision surgery or removal, spine surgeons at Texas Back Institute found.

Geneva (N.Y.) General Hospital has added neurosurgeon Lucas Aurich, MD, to its medical staff. 

Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched an enhanced recovery after surgery pathway for spine patients at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Belle Meade Surgery Center.

The popularity of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusions has surged the past few years.

Spine surgeons on the job hunt have to consider many red flags in a potential employer. And they have to know the green flags that signal a place that stands out from the rest.

Eight individuals with a connection to the spine and orthopedic sector have been named to Forbes' 38th annual World's Billionaires list.

Here are six spine surgeons Becker's has reported on since April 4:

NASCAR driver Erik Jones was taken to UAB University Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., after suffering a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in his spine following a crash at Talladega Superspeedway, according to an April 23 report from The Tennessean.

Atlanta-based Alliance Spine and Pain Centers has implemented a regular behavioral health screening for all of its patients using MHT's SmarTest platform. 

Wearable technology helped assess postures in neurosurgeons during procedures to address fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders while operating, according to a study published April 19 in the Journal of Neurosurgery. 

Adam Kanter, MD, was named executive medical director of Hoag's Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute in Newport Beach, Calif.

Spine surgeon Ryan Godinsky, MD, has joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine to treat patients at Mayfield's Springboro, Ohio, office, which will open later this spring. 

CMS is proposing two new developments in spine-related coding and payments, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery said April 17.

New updates in the family of ICD-10-CM codes will provide further specifications for back pain.