Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Newark-based Delaware Neurosurgical Group are contemplating developing a joint venture spine ASC for $4.8 million, the Delaware Business Times reported Oct. 28.
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CMS released the 2021 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in August, which would reduce relative value unit conversion factor from $36.09 to $32.26.
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.
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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…