Don Park MD, of Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health, performed the world’s first endoscopic spinal fusion using augmented reality. Dr. Park wore an AR headset with HD endoscopic video MRI images and EMR ...

Some spine procedures including spinal fusion, lumbar decompression and vertebral augmentation will need prior authorization under CMS’ new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a move ...

Cost-effectiveness for risk-stratified patients isn’t necessarily better than usual care for lower back pain in the military health system, according to a study in the July 15 issue of Spine.

Forty-seven defendants, including orthopedic surgeons with Hempstead, N.Y.-based Total Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, were named in a racketeering lawsuit filed in the New York Eastern District ...

Regional Health is closing its outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine practice due to financial hardships. The organization’s executive leadership and board of trustees determined that CRH was no ...

Matt Miller, MD, performed Nebraska’s first minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery at Omaha-based OrthoNebraska Hospital, Arthrex said in a June 30 LinkedIn post. Dr. Miller used Arthrex’s ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has appointed C. Lowry Barnes, MD, as interim chancellor of the university.  Dr. Barnes joined UAMS as a professor and chair of the orthopedic surgery ...

Becker’s reported on three spine and orthopedic surgeons earning honors in the second quarter. 1. Ketan Bulsara, MD, earned the 2025 UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award. Dr.