A study recently published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery discusses methods to avoid infection during posterior cervical spine surgery.
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Minimally invasive spine surgery has been available for several years, but the trend has just begun picking up steam across the country. Many surgeons who learned traditional open surgery are content with those procedures, but more spine fellows are seeking…
Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management, recommends hospitals and other providers ask payors these two questions during negotiations within managed care contracts regarding claims payment and covered services.
This May, Paul Kovatis, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, is scheduled to perform the first total ankle replacement at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center.
At the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, FAANS, was named as the AANS 2013-2014 president.
Kansas Orthopaedic Center in Wichita is planning to add Alan Moskowitz, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Wichita Business Journal report.
Overall, physician compensation is on the rise, and orthopedic physicians receive, on average, higher compensation than other specialists, according to "Physician Compensation Report 2013," released by Medscape.
Waldorf, Md.-based Kure Pain Management announced that it is expanding its services to assist patients and their attorneys with workers' compensation and insured auto accident cases.
The Utah Department of Health data breach that occurred in March 2012 and affected nearly 800,000 patients could result in 122,000 cases of fraud, according to a Javelin Strategy & Research blog post.
At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Jon Pruitt and Robert Haze will give a presentation titled "Great Ideas on Purchasing Smarter."