Nelson Saldua, MD, knew when he was 20-years-old that he wanted to be a physician, but he didn't know everything in store for him as he worked to get there, The Columbian reports.
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UnitedHealth Group will participate in bundled payments for spine surgeries as well as hip and knee replacements in 2017, according to Forbes.
Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City Orthopedic Institute recently opened Ortho Urgent Care, an urgent care orthopedic clinic, Fox4 reports.
Orthopedic surgeon Samer Attar, MD, shared a story about his volunteer work in Syria with NPR.
A study in The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine examined the high re-injury rate of young patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.
The American College of Sports Medicine named its top 10 trends for fitness in 2017.
Bradford B. Mullin, MD, is a spine surgeon at Westerville, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Central Ohio Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Mullin's subspecialties include minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal fusions and spinal tumors.
As healthcare trends toward value-based reimbursement, patients are increasingly paying for their care and many Americans are facing double-digit premium hikes.
On Nov. 30, 2016, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century Cures Act, according to Fortune.
Northfield, Ill.-based Medline won a contract from Indianapolis-based Talar Capital Partners, a podiatry-specific Group Purchasing Organization, to be the GPO's manufacturer of choice for medical and surgical products.