CMS has suspended advance Medicare payments to Part B suppliers, including physicians, other medical professionals and durable medical equipment suppliers, and is reevaluating accelerated payments to hospitals.
Practice Management
There have been five big orthopedic and spine practice mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2020.
Big Thunder Orthopedics in Ontario, Canada, is offering a nasal photodisinfection technology to protect staff from contracting COVID-19.
Cleveland-based University Hospitals recently opened an orthopedic facility in Oberlin, Ohio.
Jason Scalise, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Phoenix-based The CORE Institute and vice chairman of its management company HOPCo, outlines the practice's main considerations as it prepares for elective surgeries to return.
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Texas Back Institute in Plano is preparing for elective spine surgeries and pain injections to resume in the state.
Roughly one-third of Washington solo practice and multispecialty group physicians who responded to a recent survey will run out of cash on hand in a matter of weeks, DeseretNews reports.
Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is preparing to address a backlog of cases in the wake of Gov. Mike DeWine's April 22 decision to loosen statewide elective care restrictions, according to local NBC outlet WLWT 5.
Fourteen of the 25 highest-paying jobs in 2020 are in healthcare, according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Job rankings released Jan. 7.
Unemployment related to the COVID-19 crisis is worse in Florida than in other states, according to WalletHub rankings for the week of April 13.