Healthcare reform, with its many current and future changes to Medicare payment methodologies and to the “Stark” self-referral and fraud and abuse laws, is creating stricter regulations and new obligations for all physicians, including orthopedists. Wayne J. Miller, Esq., a…
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OrthoCarolina, an orthopedic practice based in Charlotte, N.C., merged with Scotland Orthopedics based in Laurinburg, N.C., to become OrthoCarolina Scotland, according to a Charlotte Business Journal report.
The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati acquired a Fairfax, Ohio-based orthopedic practice from Daniel Funk, MD, according to a hospital news release.
John P. Nelligan, MD, joined InMotion Orthopedics at PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash., according to a report in the Valley Bugler Community Newspaper.
Spine surgeons should begin to decompress an acutely injured spinal cord within 24 hours of the injury to create the best outcome, according to a study published in Spine.
Sports medicine physicians should advise pitchers to have more forward scapular posture of the dominant arm than the non-dominant arm in order to decrease shoulder tightness associated with pitching, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports…
NovaBone received FDA approval for the NovaBone Putty MIS delivery system for minimally invasive orthopedic surgery, according to a company news release.
T. Whitney Gibson, MD, a Greenville, S.C.-based pediatric sports medicine physician, performed minimally invasive arthroscopic hip surgery on the youngest patient recorded at four months old, according to a Fox Carolina report.
The three most important specialties to ASCs are orthopedics, ophthalmology and gastroenterology, based on case volume and revenue statistics. Many of these specialties can still excel in group practice due in part to significant control over the generation of their…