Several studies published in the last decade examine the safety and efficacy of spine surgery in the outpatient ASC. Pugley et al. used the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program database to compare the overall complication rate for inpatient and outpatient lumbar discectomies, showing inpatient procedures have a 6.5 percent complication rate compared to 3.5 percent for outpatient surgeries. The article was originally published in a 2013 edition of Spine.

Orthopedic surgeon E. Patrick Curry, MD, joined Quinter, Kan.-based Grove County Medical Center's outpatient clinic, the Hays Post reports.

Here are five things to know about Eastwind Surgical in Westerville, Ohio.

Here are 10 outpatient spine surgery leaders to know.

A jury awarded $20 million to the family of a patient who died hours after being discharged from Laser Spine Institute, The Legal Intelligencer reports.

Kern Singh, MD, is a minimally invasive and outpatient spine surgeon at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

A study published in Neurosurgery found anterior cervical discectomy and fusion costs were significantly lower when performed in outpatient settings.

Timothy Phillips, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Optim Healthcare in Brunswick, N.J. He along with his fellow surgeons strive to perform the least invasive procedures possible, according to The Brunswick News.

Steamboat Springs, Colo.-based UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center proposed three plans to develop a new campus that would include an outpatient center, Steamboat Today reports.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute added Brett Menmuir, MD, to its team of orthopedic surgeons.

Mark Giovanini, MD, performed his first spine surgery in an ASC with the coflex device from Paradigm Spine.

Here are five things to know about Burnsville, Minn.-based Ridges Surgery Center.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Phoenix Spine will be one of 20 U.S.-based centers to study the effectiveness of Relievant Medsystems' Intracept procedure for chronic lower back pain.

Juris Shibayama, MD, performed Middle Tennessee's first minimally invasive outpatient transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Orlando-based Central Florida Pain Specialists is rebranding as Mana Spine as it redefines its services to focus on spinal pain relief.

CMS released 32 episodes of care for the BPCI Advanced program, with three outpatient-only episodes including outpatient back and neck procedures, except spinal fusions. 

Mark Giovanini, MD, of NeuroMicroSpine in Pensacola, Fla., is an advocate and leader in outpatient surgery.

Laser Spine Institute, the operator of seven regional surgery centers in the U.S., appointed Thomas Linton as its first chief patient empowerment officer. Here are four insights.

Since adding spine in January, Physician Partners of America has seen such demand for procedures that James St. Louis, DO, will add Saturday office hours beginning March 3.

A study, published in The Spine Journal, examined the efficacy, dosing and safety of spinal mobilization and manipulation.