Category: Outpatient Spine

Ohio surgery center marks 15 years

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

Pain Specialists of America 1st in Texas to integrate new spinal cord stimulation

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.

5 outpatient spine updates for ASC leaders

Here are five outpatient spine stories Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 31:

Spine surgeon convicted over kickback conspiracy

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.

Orthopedic ASC opens on Medical City Spine Hospital campus

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. 

ASC leaders ask CMS to pay separately for different levels of spine procedures 

On Sept. 13, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association submitted comments to CMS on the Medicare 2023 proposed payment rule, including asking that CMS pay separately for different levels of spine procedures. 

Dr. Kingsley Chin forms company focused on ASCs

Kingsley Chin, MD, formed a new company, Nanisx, to push minimally invasive spine technology into ASCs.

UF Health renovating joint venture Jax Spine & Pain Center with ASC

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health East is renovating a facility in collaboration with Jacksonville-based Jax Spine & Pain Centers, The Florida Times-Union reported Aug. 31.

10 spine ASCs to know

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.

4 updates in outpatient spine surgery for ASC leaders

From a new ASC on the way to the latest outpatient technology, here are four spine surgery developments since Aug. 1 to know: