An upcoming policy from Cigna Healthcare will focus on codes for office visits, but the move is concerning one spine surgeon. Effective Oct. 1, Cigna’s new Evaluation and Management Coding Accuracy ...

Many spine surgeons and patients have benefitted from outpatient migration when it comes to costs and outcomes, but the option for inpatient stays will always remain. Three spine surgeons discuss how ...

Advanced imaging and diagnostics are being implemented by many orthopedic surgeons and having an immediate impact on patient care. The technology has helped surgeons improve efficiency, surgical ...

Medical City Fort Worth (Texas) recently added a motion-preserving procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, according to an Aug. 20 news release shared with Becker’s.

Powers Health and Orthopedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana opened an orthopedic ambulatory surgery center in Crown Point, Ind.  The 11,000-square-foot facility provides orthopedic and spine care ...

Orthopedic devicemaker Exactech has announced a CEO transition, appointing Aurelio Sahagun to serve in the role.  The transition will happen upon the closing of the company’s pending sale, which is ...

Colorado Advanced Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Spine in Meeker has added Joshua Mares, MD, a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult hip and knee reconstruction, to its care ...

Spinal neurosurgeon Zayed Almadidy, MD, joined Advocate Health Neurosurgery, the program’s direector Dean Karahalios, MD, said in an Aug. 19 LinkedIn post. Dr. Almadidy will work at Advocate Lutheran ...

Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company named Ryan Martin as chief people officer, according to an Aug. 19 LinkedIn post. Mr. Martin will lead HOPCo’s people strategy from recruitment, culture and ...

Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health has added Anthony D’Abarno, DO, and Rehan Dawood, DO, to its orthopedics team, according to an Aug. 19 news release.  Dr. D’Abarno specializes in total joint ...

To thrive in the outpatient landscape, spine and orthopedic ASCs should lean into three trends some surgeons say are overlooked. Note: Responses were lightly edited. Question: What’s one trend more ...

With many new spine residencies in full swing, veterans in the specialty share their advice for the next crop of physicians. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons ...