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North American Spine announced the addition of orthopedic spine surgeon Jeffrey Wingate, MD, to its back pain treatment team.

Rice Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, both based in Willmar, Minn., are planning to provide orthopedic surgery services through their Willmar Medical Services joint venture, according to a West Central Tribune report.

Pinellas Park-based OrthoCare Florida, a statewide organization of orthopedic surgeons, announced the appointment of Donald Haight as CEO.

About three years ago, executives at Wright Medical Group looked at the orthopedic industry's sharply-increasing device costs coupled with decreasing procedure reimbursements and saw an opportunity to incite change.

Engagement in their work is a key driver of physicians' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their jobs, and a new survey shows how physicians define that "engagement."

CMS has selected a new contractor, consulting firm Accenture, to oversee maintenance of the federal health insurance exchange site, HealthCare.gov, according to a report from The Hill.

The House has passed legislation requiring HHS to notify affected individuals within two business days of any security breaches concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges.

Nicholas Theodore, MD, is the director of neurotrauma and neurosurgery spine program at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. He also serves as the associate director of the neurosurgery residency program.  He is a diplomat of the American Board of Neurological…

In her blog — Physicians Practice Expert — Audrey McLaughlin, RN, CEO of McLaughlin Sales Group, lays out four tips for creating an engaging and effective website for a medical practice.

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, has been elected as a member-at-large of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' executive committee for a two-year term, according to a Chicago Tribune report.