Outpatient Spine

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is breaking ground on a musculoskeletal institute Oct. 4, according to Structor Group.

Here are six spine ASCs opened so far this year:

A steady decline in spinal fusions largely contributed to California's 31 percent drop in workers' compensation inpatient hospital stays, according to a new report from the California Workers' Compensation Institute.

The Less Institute — a Hollywood, Fla.-based practice offering neurosurgery, spine and orthopedic services — plans to open three offices in Arizona, according to Marketing Director Esther Rodriguez.

Republic Spine & Pain and Spicewood Surgery Center are open for business in Austin, Texas, according to construction firm Sabre Commercial.

Paramus, N.J.-based Orthopaedic and Spine Institute of New Jersey overhauled its website.

This month, four experts have spoken to Becker's Spine Review's about outpatient spine cases.

The new West Coast Joint and Spine Surgery Center in El Dorado Hills, Calif., is a joint partnership between United Surgical Partners International and Dignity Health, according to Village Life.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines outcomes for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting.

The Spine Journal published an article comparing posterior lumbar fusion outcomes at physician-owned hospitals to non-physician owned hospitals.