Category: Outpatient Spine

Commonwealth Pain & Spine to open Indiana ASC

Louisville, Ky.-based Commonwealth Pain & Spine has partnered with Woodward Development and Construction to open an ASC in Evansville, Ind., according to an April 24 report from the TriState Homepage.

9 things to know about endoscopic spine surgery and ASCs

As spine surgery continues to shift to the outpatient setting, here are 9 things to know about endoscopic spine surgery and ASCs: 

The rise of orthopedist pay: A 10-year timeline

Orthopedic surgeons have been among the two highest-paid specialties for the past 10 years.

3 ASC spine procedures see reimbursement cuts 

Three of the most common ASC procedures are seeing reimbursement cuts in 2024, according to a recent report from VMG Health. 

ASC leaders lean into spine for growth opportunities

Outpatient spine surgery’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent years.

What's next for outpatient spine surgery

From “awake spine” procedures to construction on new outpatient spine centers across the country, here are three areas to keep an eye on in outpatient spine surgery:

ASC sales boom as spine procedures migrate

Medical device company Centinel Spine saw its Prodisc total disc replacement sales grow 56% in the ASC setting between 2022 and 2023.

The average cost of orthopedic procedures at ASCs, hospital outpatient departments

Here are the costs of five of the most common procedures performed at orthopedic ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, according to insurance company Sidecar Health’s care calculator.

OHSU completes 1st awake spine surgery

A surgery team at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland performed the system’s first surgical removal of a herniated disc without the use of general anesthesia.

What DISC Surgery Center did in 2023

DISC Surgery Center, which has three California locations in Newport Beach, Marina del Rey and Walnut Creek, specializes in interventional pain management, orthopedics/sports medicine, and orthopedic and neurological minimally invasive spine surgery.