Spine Pain Management, a medical management and finance company, opened its sixth regional diagnostic center in Sarasota, Fla., according to a news release in the Sacramento Bee.
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Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, affiliations, co-management agreements, joint ventures, service line agreements, leasing arrangements and strategic partnerships. Sometimes it seems as though the world of healthcare has turned into a Baskin Robbins, with 31 flavors of hospital transactions out in various…
Ambulatory surgery centers will be included in audits as part of a HIPAA audit program initiated by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, according to a report in the ASC Association's ASCA Government Affairs…
Spine surgeons Denis S. Drummond, MD, and Ronald L. DeWald, MD, are the Scoliosis Research Society's 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award winners, according to an AAOS Now report.
Several spine surgeons recently gave presentations about sacroiliac joint pain at the EuroSpine and North American Spine Society annual meetings, according to an SI-BONE news release.
U.S. physician leaders have launched an organization to support positive changes in healthcare, initially focusing on greater use of health IT, according to a news release.
Walter Eckman, MD, founder of Aurora Spine Center in Tupelu, Miss., has been performing a minimally invasive transformaminal lumbar interbody fusion technique in a hospital setting while enabling patient to go home the same day for more than 10 years.…
Spine surgeons have a higher prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders when compared with the general population, according to a study published in Spine.
Intense exercise regimens often practiced by elite and former elite male athletes is a risk factor for osteoarthritis and joint arthroplasty, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
The American Orthopaedic Association has honored James D. Heckman, MD, with its Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award, according to a report in AAOS Now.