The American Medical Association's Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee — the group that makes influential decisions in how physicians are paid by Medicare — has added two spots to represent primary care physicians more, according to an American…
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There are several exciting research projects going on right now in sports medicine. Brian Cole, MD, head of the Cartilage Restoration Center at Rush in Chicago and team physician for the Chicago Bulls and co-team physician for the Chicago White…
American Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine in Carlsbad, Calif., in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente and the University of California, San Diego, recently identified a model to assess a patients' risk of knee dislocation, according to a practice news release.
Eric MacLeod, MD, a sports medicine physician, was recognized by the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy for a new procedure for hip preservation, according to a Rome News-Tribune report.
Orthofix recently announced the resolution of several legal matters, including those associated with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to a company news release.
The FDA approved Medasys' Prometra programmable implantable drug pump for the intraspinal delivery of INFUMORPH, a preservative-free morphine sulfate sterile solution, for the management of pain, according to a news release.
The Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons has recognized Theodore Parsons III, MD, with the Colonel Brian Allgood Memorial Leadership Award, according to a Crains Detroit report.
Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., has named Raphael S. F. Longobardi, MD, chairman of the department of orthopedics, according to a hospital news release.
Here are 10 basic steps for ICD-10 implementation in surgery centers, based on information provided by CMS. Visit the CMS website to learn more about ICD-10 implementation.
Fourteen hospitals have agreed to pay more than $12 million combined to settle federal allegations that they defrauded Medicare by overbilling for kyphoplasty procedures, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.