AAOS defends its guideline against vertebroplasty, citing support for studies that found the procedure to have comparable results to a "sham" procedure, and explains the process for creating guidelines in an AAOS Now article.
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Since opening its doors in Tampa, Fla., in 2005, Laser Spine Institute has expanded the Tampa location twice and built two new facilities, one in Scottsdale, Ariz., and one in King of Prussia, Pa. Jimmy St. Louis, Chief Corporate Operations…
Here are 12 statistics on average hourly salaries & wages, hours worked per case and number of employees in ASCs, organized by type of employee, according to VMG Health's ASC Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2010.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA, is principal of Coding Compliance Management. Q: Is it appropriate to report Category III code 0232T,…
As chief of neurosurgical surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Passavant spine center, Matthew El-Kadi, MD, has been instrumental in growing the facility and expanding its services beyond traditional spine surgery. Dr. El-Kadi has a professional interest in treating patients…
Mona Kaul, chief coding and compliance officer of GENASCIS, which provides revenue cycle services and supporting technologies for surgery centers, discusses the following six ways ASCs can better avoid denied claims on spine procedures.
David Geier, Jr., MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and director of sports medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Geier started a blog in early Sept. 2010, which he updates with information regarding sports injury treatment, prevention and…
Q: How has the ASC market changed in the past two decades?Jim Freund: The change has been dramatic, we have gone from several hundred surgery centers to about 6,000 across the country with the sheer volume of procedures, and the…
The Norton Neurosciences & Spine Rehabilitation Center has opened at the Norton Healthcare Pavilion in Louisville, Ky., according to a Courier-Journal report.
Hanger Orthopedic Group has signed a merger agreement for the $155 million acquisition of Reno, Nev.-based Accelerated Care Plus, a provider of clinical programs for sub-acute and long-term care rehabilitation providers, according to a Hanger news release.