Yogish Kamath, MD, opened a brain and spine surgery center in a former emergency care clinic in Wichita Falls, Texas, Wichita Falls Times Record News reported July 23.
From the growth of robotic technology to the increasing role artificial intelligence and machine learning will play in spine, bold predictions about the future of the specialty are shared by two surgeons.
Pressure is mounting against plans for an orthopedic hospital in Delray Beach, Fla., and Palm Beach County commissioners are set to vote on it July 22.
This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end of this article.
Spine surgeons are finding it increasingly difficult to get commercial payers to pay for spine-related inpatient services, and changing preauthorization hurdles continue to plague the specialty.
More private equity firms have been entering the orthopedic field, which presents lucrative financial opportunities because of the higher-acuity procedures associated with the specialty and the increasing population of older Americans who need them.
A California appellate court has rejected an anti-SLAPP motion filed by Sonny Rubin, MD, after Allstate Insurance alleged that the physician prepared fraudulent medical reports and billing statements to support insurance claims, according to a court opinion posted on Justia.
More healthcare organizations are seeking partnerships with talented spine surgeons to become designated as a Center of Excellence, which takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to care.
Ashvin Patel, MD, is leading research on motion-preserving and nonfusion technologies at Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital that could potentially overtake spinal fusion as the standard of care, Florida Trend reported July 15.
