Spine surgeons are finding it increasingly difficult to get commercial payers to pay for spine-related inpatient services, and changing preauthorization hurdles continue to plague the specialty.
Daniel Bohl, MD, will join Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in September, according to a July 20 announcement from the practice.
Chalfont-based Pennsylvania Pain and Spine Institute will have a new physician join in August, according to a July 20 news release.
More private equity firms have been entering the orthopedic field, which presents lucrative financial opportunities because of the higher-acuity procedures associated with the specialty and the increasing population of older Americans who need them.
A Florida practice upgrading its space and four more orthopedic centers to know:
Southern Illinois Hand Center in Effingham, Ill., will join Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center on Aug. 2, according to Effingham Daily News.
More healthcare organizations are seeking partnerships with talented spine surgeons to become designated as a Center of Excellence, which takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to care.
Ashvin Patel, MD, is leading research on motion-preserving and nonfusion technologies at Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital that could potentially overtake spinal fusion as the standard of care, Florida Trend reported July 15.
Here are 10 hospitals or health systems hiring orthopedic surgeons using LinkedIn's Job Search tool:
Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute launched Epic as its new electronic medical record system July 12.