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SpineMark Corporation is partnering with PhDx Systems, a clinical data management solutions company, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Health information technology professionals should take the lead in ensuring strong data integrity in health information exchanges, according to a white paper (pdf) by the American Health Information Management Association.

Despite the prevalence of pay-for-performance compensation in healthcare, a new editorial in the British Journal of Medicine suggests the concept "rests on flawed assumptions about medicine, measurement and motivation" and may encourage providers to game the system.

Six spine surgeons discuss how the economic downturn has impacted their practices over the past few years.

Here are 10 statistics on Medicare spending per fee-for-service beneficiary on physician fee-schedule services from 2001 to 2011, according to a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Over this period, Medicare spending per FFS beneficiary grew 58 percent for…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its proposed physician payment rule, which cuts neurosurgery reimbursement by 1 percent in 2013, according to a North American Spine Society blog report.

President and CEO of Rockford (Ill.) Anesthesia Associated, W. Stephen Minore, MD, received the Diamond Award from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, according to a Rockford Star report.

Garret Morris, MD, joined the University of Rochester Medical Center, according to a Brighton Pittsford Post report.

Here are five spine surgeons discussing out-of-network contracts for spine surgery.

Here are 10 sports medicine physicians on the move.