Outpatient Spine

Orthopedic surgeons have been among the two highest-paid specialties for the past 10 years.

Three of the most common ASC procedures are seeing reimbursement cuts in 2024, according to a recent report from VMG Health. 

Outpatient spine surgery's popularity has skyrocketed in recent years.

From "awake spine" procedures to construction on new outpatient spine centers across the country, here are three areas to keep an eye on in outpatient spine surgery:

Medical device company Centinel Spine saw its Prodisc total disc replacement sales grow 56% in the ASC setting between 2022 and 2023.

Here are the costs of five of the most common procedures performed at orthopedic ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, according to insurance company Sidecar Health's care calculator.

A surgery team at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland performed the system's first surgical removal of a herniated disc without the use of general anesthesia.

DISC Surgery Center, which has four California locations in Newport Beach, Marina del Rey, Valencia and Walnut Creek, specializes in spine, orthopedics and pain management.

DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (Calif.) is enrolling patients for a clinical study on Orthofix's M6-C artificial disc.

Here are six newly opened or announced orthopedic-focused ASCs reported by Becker's since Oct. 18: