First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Equipment Finance group announced a new private label financing solution with VB Spine to provide hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and other healthcare providers with lending and leasing solutions for VB Spine Solutions, a unique program that helps hospitals bring critical spine technology online faster, with structures built around patient need.

Headquartered in Leesburg, Va., VB Spine provides solutions designed to improve access to modern spine care across various treatment settings. The company’s latest program, VB Spine Solutions, works with hospitals to simplify how capital equipment is placed, so surgeons and care teams can focus on better patient outcomes.

"With their expertise in healthcare financing and understanding of the growing spine market, we knew that First Citizens was the right partner for VB Spine Solutions,” said Marc Viscogliosi, co-CEO of VB Spine, speaking on behalf of his brothers and fellow co-CEOs Anthony and John Viscogliosi. “This relationship combines VB Spine’s technology and clinical focus with the scale and reliability of a leading financial institution, creating a path for surgeons to get the tools they need to better serve the patient.”

“We are thrilled to work with VB Spine and provide a specialized financing solution that will increase access to its innovative spine care program,” said Todd Beaver, who leads the Healthcare Equipment Finance group at First Citizens Bank. “We look forward to continuing to support VB Spine and its mission to deliver improved patient outcomes with specialized spine surgery solutions.”

First Citizens Healthcare Equipment Finance group provides an array of lending and leasing solutions to equipment manufacturers and vendors who support hospitals, healthcare systems and ambulatory surgical centers nationwide.