Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center now offers patients a 24/7 phone scheduling option, the first orthopedic practice in Birmingham to do so.
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Andrew Pepper, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, examined the past, present and future of total joint replacements in the Andrews Institutes' newly created video series.
Private equity-backed medical manufacturer Medin Technologies acquired Advantage Manufacturing Technologies.
Medtronic closed its deal of Titan Spine and is ready to reap the rewards: a market-leading position concerning procedural spine surgery solutions, Zacks reports.
CMS' penalties program didn't significantly cut down on readmissions after it was expanded to include surgical hip and knee replacements in 2013, according to a Health Affairs report.
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A report from Doximity, an online network of medical professionals, ranks neurosurgery as the top-paying physician specialty, with physicians earning an average of $617,000 annually.
A lawsuit filed against Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and one of its neurosurgeons alleging fraud and patient harm was unsealed last week after the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota filed a motion to intervene, according…
Value-based care seems to be on every healthcare leader's mind, but many are hesitant to put it into practice.
The federal government has focused on targeting illegal prescribing practices, kickback conspiracy and fraud in 2019.
Prescription opioids significantly contributed to a rise in drug-related fatalities in the past decade, and orthopedic surgeons are the third-highest prescribers of opioids among U.S. physicians, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.