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Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills, Calif.). The Center for Spine Health at Saddleback Medical Center, a MemorialCare affiliate, provides inpatient and outpatient spine care across Orange County. The hospital has researched and perfected best practices in spine care and published the Saddleback…

Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). The Rush University Medical Center department of neurological surgery’s spine team is led by Vincent Traynelis, MD, a former president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Cervical Spine Research Society, and includes renowned spine surgeon Richard Fessler, MD, who…

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles). Originally founded in 1995, the now-520-bed Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is operated by the University of California Board of Regents. UCLA’s department of neurology performs its inpatient services at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which houses a 26-bed…

From Humana and two private equity firms signing a definitive agreement to acquire Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare to Molina Healthcare issuing 60 layoffs this month, here are 10 payers making headlines this week.

Reading Hospital (West Reading, Pa.). Reading Hospital, a 647-bed hospital, has a neurocritical care unit that specializes in emergency brain and spine care. Last year, the hospital opened the Reading HealthPlex for Advanced Surgical & Patient care in 2016, which…

Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla, Wash.). Providence St. Mary Medical Center is home to the Providence St. Mary Neuroscience Institute, which contains the Regional Spine Center. Surgeons at Providence Medical Group-Southwest Washington Neurosurgery staff the Neuroscience Institute and…

Penn Medicine (Philadelphia). Established in 1871, Penn Medicine’s neurology department is among the oldest in the country. Since its inception, it has grown into one of the highest-volume neurosurgical programs in the nation, accommodating for more than 5,000 operations each…

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Neurological Institute sees more than 280,000 patients annually, and surgeons perform more than 4,500 surgeries per year — which is a 30 percent jump in surgical volume since 2013. In 2016, there were 290…

Indianapolis-based Anthem made headlines this year amid changes to its hospital imaging and emergency department policies and a C-suite shakeup.

Madison-based Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin named Annette Fox CIO.