Outpatient Spine

Here are four developments from spine-focused ASCs since Sept. 29:

Spine Center Atlanta partnered with Ospitek, which provides artificial intelligence tools for patient pathway management and business intelligence.

Physician Insights, a new tool created by Agilon Health, will be able to measure physicians' performance and enhance healthcare delivery. 

NewSouth NeuroSpine in Flowood, Miss. installed the Mazor X Stealth edition robot at its ASC in the same city, the Northside Sun reported Oct. 19.

There are more than 3,500 orthopedic ASCs in the U.S., according to 2021 CMS figures, but many of them do not offer spine surgery.

USPI affiliate Mayfield Spine Surgery Center recently celebrated its 15th year serving patients in the Cincinnati area.

Pain Specialists of America, an interventional pain management group, has integrated the new Proclaim Plus spinal cord stimulation system with FlexBurst360 therapy for patients receiving neuromodulation therapy for chronic pain.

Here are four outpatient spine updates Becker's has reported on since Feb. 28:

Orthopedic spine surgeon Steven Valentino, DO, of Haverford, Pa., was convicted for a medication kickback scheme with a Houston pharmacy, the Justice Department said Sept. 21.

Medical City Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Center Dallas has opened on the Dallas-based Medical City Spine Hospital Campus, according to a Sept. 21 press release sent to Becker's.