Texas Back Institute in Plano, Texas, the largest freestanding spine specialty clinic in the United States, is marking the 10-year milestone as being the first practice to perform an artificial disc replacement surgical procedure in the nation, according to a…
Salem, Ore.-based Hope Orthopedics of Oregon has opened a satellite center for its busy therapy services department located in Keizer, according to a Hope Orthopedics news release.
Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute, which operates three spine-focused surgery center, has opened a medical consultation facility in The Villages, Fla., according to a report in a report in the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
A workshop titled "The Business of Spine" will be held on Saturday, Apr. 10, from 8:30am – 1:00pm, at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York.
As physician fees continue to be pressured by Medicare and other payors, it becomes more important than ever for physician practices to look at ancillary services as a possible means to generate additional revenue — simply increasing patient volume may…
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a nationwide conservative physicians' organization, has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the new health reform law, according to a report by the Arizona Daily Star.
New decision by the U.S. Supreme Court limits the use whistleblower lawsuits against hospitals and other organizations for alleged fraud against the federal government, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
Stamford, Conn.-based Purdue Pharma, a privately held pharmaceutical company, has introduced the Medical Education Resource Catalog Online, a Web-based resource that provides licensed healthcare professionals in the U.S. with access to free educational materials to help improve the care of…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.1. Reporting CPT 29877 instead of 29879 due to lack of documentation without consideration of a physician queryOne of the biggest challenges…
Indianapolis-based TriMedx and Warsaw, Ind.-based Biomet lent both volunteers and medical equipment to assist the relief effort after the devastating earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, according to a report in Inside Indiana Business.