The Federal Trade Commission will temporarily exempt physicians from the Red Flags Rule, which is scheduled to go into effect on Dec. 31 after several delays, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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BioMimetic Therapeutics has announced the Food & Drug Administration has accepted for review its Premarket Approval application for Augment Bone Graft for use in foot and ankle fusions in the United States, according to BioMimetic news release.
William Macaulay, MD, has worked with for 11 years with Columbia Orthopaedics, where he currently serves as chief of the division of adult reconstruction, director of the center for hip and knee replacement and Anne Youle Stein professor of clinical…
Here are four statistics on spine surgeon compensation, according to the 2008 and 2009 Physician Compensation Survey conducted by the American Medical Group Association.
A joint venture orthopedic surgery center being developed by Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, also based in Raleigh, has proposed adding two procedure rooms to its original plans for the facility at the cost of $4.3 million, according…
Les Jebson, executive director of The University of Florida Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute in Gainesville, shares three ways orthopedic and sports medicine groups can reduce the costs associated with running their practices.
Adena Health System, based in Chillicothe, Ohio, is opening a new 20-bed Orthopedic/Spine Unit in its new Northeast Wing today, according to a report by the Chillicothe Gazette.
Michael Pryce, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, describes himself as a conservative who is fed up with both major parties. Both parties, he says, are responsible for the growing federal deficit…
Trevor Pickering, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Jackson, Miss., is using new technology to encourage faster recovery for patients undergoing hip replacement, according to a news release.
Here are the median amounts of cash, net accounts receivable and working capital for surgery centers and their relative percentages of total assets, for ASCs with more than 50 percent of case volume in orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009…