Practice Management

Many U.S. healthcare facilities are resuming elective surgeries with heightened safety protocols to protect patients and staff from COVID-19.

Gainesville, Fla.-based The Orthopaedic Institute is "thrilled"  to be back performing elective surgeries as of May 4, according to CEO Richard Gilbert, MD.

Walmart is moving deeper into the primary care market while physician practices across the country are struggling to stay afloat. 

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush resumed regular clinic hours at all nine locations on May 5.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery is resuming orthopedic urgent and emergent surgeries at three of its outpatient facilities on May 6.

Five spine and orthopedic surgeons discuss their backlogged surgical cases and how they plan to overcome the economic difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hoag, a nonprofit healthcare delivery network in Newport Beach, Calif., is seeking to separate from Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health.

Smith+Nephew on May 5 partnered with National Medical Billing Services to offer revenue cycle management solutions to ASCs in the U.S.

The American Medical Association on May 4 provided guidance for physicians reopening medical practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute is preparing to resume elective surgeries on May 11 in accordance with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent guidance, the Daily Herald reports.