Outpatient Spine

Consolidation is becoming more widespread across healthcare, with several large management groups and physician organizations picking up smaller practices nationwide.  “As the U.S. healthcare landscape continues to evolve, hospital consolidation is emerging as a dominant trend and one with profound…

As more high-acuity procedures, including spine procedures, have migrated to the outpatient setting, a number of new spine-focused ASCs have been planned in the U.S.  By 2028, 88% of spinal decompressions and laminectomies and 67% of cervical spinal fusions are…

As spine surgery continues to evolve with technological advances and a push toward value-based care, more procedures are shifting to ASCs.  Amid new minimally invasive techniques, improved pain management protocols and surgical innovations, procedures once exclusively done in hospitals are…

On Jan. 28, major orthopedic and spine device manufacturer Stryker announced plans to sell off its U.S. spinal implants business. 

For several specialists, spine procedures appear to be the next frontier for ASCs. From new technologies to additional minimally invasive procedure options, it is becoming increasingly possible for patients to undergo same-day spinal procedures. 

Knee replacement lawsuits typically claim the devices loosened, became unstable and required revision surgery, according to a report from Drug Watch. 

ASCs offer several unique perks to clinicians, with some stark differences to their hospital outpatient department counterparts. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Commonwealth Pain and Spine has broken ground on an ASC in New Albany, Ind., according to an Aug. 12 report from Louisville Business First.

Here are four commercial payers that have expanded patient access to musculoskeletal care since the beginning of 2024: 

Outpatient spine surgery is growing, and its outlook suggests the trend will likely continue.