Outpatient Spine

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.

A game-changer for patients and ASCs: 3 surgeons discuss sacroiliac joint fusion 

Neurologists have one of the highest starting salaries for physicians, and generate over $2 million for hospitals, according to surveys conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Here are six spine ASCs and practices that have been opened or announced this year:

Morristown, N.J.-based Altair Health opened a 16,000-square-foot ASC devoted to spine care and pain management procedures in Florham Park, N.J.

Gilsbar, a private health and benefits management organization, expanded its employee benefits to include Regenexx's interventional orthopedic clinic network.

Bruce D. Moffatt, MD, joined the staff of two Phoenix Spine & Joint ASCs in Scottsdale and Goodyear, Ariz.