Daniel J. Berry, MD, president of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, recently released a statement regarding Congress' inability to fix Medicare's sustainable growth rate, according to an AAOS news release.
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Joel B. Nilsson, MD, hand and upper extremity surgeon, recently joined The Orthopaedic and Spine Institute of San Antonio, according to a practice news release.
David Gallagher, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in sports medicine, recently joined UHS Medical Group Orthopedics in Binghamton, N.Y., according to an ABC news report.
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When asked about their primary concern for the ASC industry in 2012, Greg Horner, MD, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners doesn’t miss a beat: "The hospital integration process," he says. "You are probably aware that free-standing medical groups are…
Gary Franklin, MD, medical director for the Department of Labor and Industries, and Jeff Thompson, MD, medical director for the Health Care Authority, wrote in a Seattle Times editorial that although the methadone deaths are increasing in Washington State, the…
A new study found listening to music can be effective for reducing pain in high-anxiety patients who are easily absorbed in cognitive activities, according to findings published in The Journal of Pain.
Regenerative medicine company IntelliCell BioSciences recently appointed James R. Andrew, MD, and Joshua Hackel, MD, both of Andrews Institute of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., to its medical advisory board, according to a company news release.
A new study published in Spine highlights the regional variations in technique for treating degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine, according to a News Medical report.
The International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries recently outlined how it will develop a collaborative process for improving the safety of orthopedic devices with outcomes registries from around the world in the most recent edition of the Journal of Bone and…