Becker's Spine Review

8 Becker's ASC 22nd Annual Meeting - The Business and Operations of ASCs – Call (800) 417-2035 38 Spine-Driven ASCs to Know By Anuja Vaidya and Brandon Howard Barrington (Ill.) Pain and Spine Institute. Barrington Pain and Spine Insti- tute performed its first outpatient spine surgery in October 2014, aer receiv- ing certificate of need approval to add spine services in April of that year. e center also offers interventional pain management services. Physicians per- forming procedures at the center address back pain, neck pain, pelvic pain, headaches, myofascial pain and more. Blue Ridge Surgery Center (Raleigh, N.C.). e surgery center has been offering spine surgery for three years. Surgeons at the center perform multi- level lumbar laminectomies and multi-level ACDF cases.e multispecialty ASC was established in 1985 and is affiliated with Surgical Care Affiliates. e 13,000-square-foot facility includes six operating rooms and a minor proce- dure room. In addition to spine surgery, the center offers services in numer- ous specialties, such as gynecology, general surgery, ENT and urology. Carrillo Surgery Center (Santa Barbara, Calif.). Carrillo Surgery Center was founded in 2005 by Alan Moelleken, MD, who also founded and chairs the Tri-County Spine and Orthopedic Conference. ere are several proce- dures performed at the two-OR facility, including spine procedures, general orthopedic procedures and interventional pain management. Carrillo Sur- gery Center is fully accredited by AAAHC and Medicare-certified. Pain man- agement physician Robert Wood, MD, MPH, is currently the medical direc- tor. Dr. Moelleken still performs procedures at the center. e Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center (Cincinnati). is freestanding ASC, featuring 11 neurosurgeons and seven pain management physicians, is a partnership between the Mayfield Clinic, e Christ Hospital and United Surgical Partners International. When Mayfield Clinic founded the ASC in 2007, it was the first freestanding center in the region to provide spine sur- gery. Since then it has performed more than 20,000 spine procedures, which include single- and multi-level lumbar laminectomies, single- and multi-level anterior cervical discectomies and fusions and single-level spinal cord de- compression. e surgery center features three operating rooms, one pain management suite and 11 pre- and postoperative patient rooms. Christiana Spine Center (Newark, Del.). Physicians at Christiana Spine Center perform minimally invasive spinal procedures in their outpatient fa- cility, which has its main office on the Christiana Hospital campus. Christiana Spine Center has been operating in that location since June 2000 and the sur- gery center is accredited by AAAHC. In addition to clinical care, the nine physicians are engaged. Citrus Park Surgery Center (Tampa, Fla.). is two-OR center covers spine and orthopedic surgery as well as pain management and plastic sur- gery. One of this center's surgeons, Robert Nucci, MD, is the founder of the Nucci Spine and Orthopedic Institute in Tampa. Dr. Nucci focuses on mini- mally invasive outpatient lumbar fusions and multi-level outpatient cervi- cal disc replacements. He was among the first physician to actively employ Bio-Plex in his surgeries, a standard that is now used in a wide range of orthopedic surgeries. Crane Creek Surgery Center (Melbourne, Fla.). Crane Creek Surgery Cen- ter was founded in 2008 by physicians from Osler Medical Group and Blue Chip Surgical took over management a year later. In 2013, the center part- nered with Wuesthoff Health System. e 18,800 square-foot surgery center includes four operating rooms and two procedure rooms. Surgeons perform orthopedics, spine, general surgery, pain management and urology. In addi- tion to the surgical facility, there is an auditorium for educational programs for the public and staff, as well as a venue for training visiting residents and physicians. Diagnostic and Interventional Surgical Center (Marina del Rey, Calif.) & DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (Calif.). Both surgery centers are owned and operated by DISC Sports & Spine Center and Surgical Care Af- filiates. DISC was founded in 2006 and designed for performing high-acuity spine surgeries, along with orthopedic and pain management procedures, in an ambulatory setting. DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach was opened in 2011 with the same multispecialty model in mind. Eastwind Surgical (Westerville, Ohio). e 10,350-square-foot Eastwind Surgical facility opened in 2007 as a multispecialty surgery center. It was es- tablished by the physicians of Central Ohio Neurological Surgeons and ac- credited by the Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Ac- creditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. e center became a Meridian Surgical Partners facility in July 2011. e facility is among the only surgery centers in Ohio to offer the Axis Jackson Surgical Table for spinal procedures. Englewood (Colo.) Surgery Center. Englewood Surgery Center is located on Colorado Comprehensive Spine Institute's main campus and provides customized spine care. Physicians have a special interest in several areas of spine care, including minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical disc replace- ment and spinal fusion. e ASC includes four physicians who provide spine surgery and pain management. e practice also includes physical therapy and MRI. GNS Surgery Center (Athens, Ga.). is 8,000-square-foot surgery center is focused on providing spinal procedures. e ASC includes two operating rooms where five spine surgeons perform procedures. e center is affiliated with Georgia Neurological Surgery, Georgia Comprehensive Spine and Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. e center also includes pain management and interventional pain procedures. Greensboro (N.C.) Specialty Surgical Center. e surgery center, a Surgical Care Affiliates-center, began performing spine cases in January 2011, accord- ing to administrator Debbie Murphy. e facility has 11 neurosurgeons who perform more than 400 spine cases annually, including one- and two-level anterior cervical discectomy fusions and laminectomies. Honolulu (Hawaii) Spine Surgery Center. is Surgery Partners facility involves four orthopedic specialists and three neurosurgeons. It hosts such services as hand surgery, minimally invasive spine procedures, neurosurgery, interventional orthopedics and pain management. e 7,800-square-foot center opened in 2007. It has two ORs and a private recovery room and pro- vides a wide variety of equipment for minimally invasive surgeries. Laser Spine Institute (Tampa, Fla.). Headquartered in Tampa, Laser Spine Institute also includes ASCs in Philadelphia; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Oklahoma City; Cleveland; St. Louis; and Cincinnati. rough minimally invasive spine surgery, Laser Spine Institute's mission is to expand healthcare options for patients. Laser Spine Institute treats a variety of spinal conditions, including spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, pinched nerves, bone spurs, bulg- ing/herniated discs and sciatica. It boasts an electronic medical record sys- tem, imaging services, family waiting room with free catered breakfasts and lunches, zero-gravity chairs and computers with free Internet access. Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center. Loveland hosts orthopedic, spine, pain management and ENT procedures. It has eight physician-owners. e cen- ter's spine program was an early adopter of the level-three Prestige cervical disc replacement, the coflex device, the multi-level NeoDisc replacement and the Dynamic Stabilization System for a posterior lumbar fusion. Loveland Surgery Center holds a convalescent license, allowing it to cover more com- plex surgeries. e surgery center is accredited by e Joint Commission. Da- vid Ornelas is the administrator and CEO of the center. Mayfield Spine Surgery Center (Cincinnati). Opened in 2007, the Mayfield Spine Surgery Center is a freestanding ASC that provides spine, neurosurgery and pain management services to the Cincinnati area. Procedures performed at the ASC include minimally invasive discectomies and spinal fusions. e center features three operating rooms and a pain management suite. Each pa- tient room includes amenities such as a flat screen television for the patient's pre- and postoperative stays at the center.

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