Outpatient Spine

San Antonio-based South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital opened its new outpatient surgery center in August.

Established as the market leader in the minimally invasive approach to sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion, SI-BONE, is now transitioning into a comprehensive sacropelvic solutions company.

David Vecchione, MD, treated his first spine patient at SOG Surgery Center in Tupelo, Miss.

Allied Pain & Spine Institute installed its first enterprise chief operating officer.

Steamboat Orthopaedic Associates and Orthopaedics of Steamboat Springs merged two years ago, forming Steamboat Orthopaedic & Spine Institute in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

CMS released the 2021 proposed payment rule for hospital outpatient departments and ASCs on Aug. 4.

A 2016 verdict favoring a former ASC employee who accused the center's owner and medical director of sexual harassment was overturned, according to a July 29 appeals court notice and information from Bloomberg Law.

The explosion of ASCs in the last three decades combined with new spine surgery techniques have made outpatient spine surgery a convenient and safe option for patients, according to Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, founder and medical director of Atlantic Spine…

James Lynch, MD, is founder of SpineNevada in Reno, where he is chairman and CEO, as well as partner and director of spine services at Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Here is a list of ambulatory surgery centers that include minimally invasive spine surgery.