Practice Management

Elective knee and hip replacements may be a significant source of potentially controllable healthcare spending, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article.

Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $93 million expansion project to build an outpatient medical building in West Lawrence, Kan., according to Lawrence Journal-World.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan launched a bundled payment pilot program in the state for total joint replacements.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island surgeon Michael Bradley, MD, and anesthesiologist Henry Cabrera, MD, are rolling out a new pathway to curb opioid dependency at South County Health Orthopedics Center in Washington County, R.I.

The Arizona Medical Association accredited The MORE Foundation as a Continuing Medical Education granting non-profit, according to AZ Big Media.

Lexington-based KentuckyOne Health and Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, Ky., partnered.

The 2018 Main Residency Match is the largest in the National Resident Matching Program's History, with a record 37,103 U.S. and international applicants submitting program choices for 33,167 positions.

The American Medical Association conducted a survey of 1,000 physicians, investigating their experiences with prior authorization.

In 2015, Randall W. Porter, MD, of Phoenix-based Barrow Neurosurgical Associates, founded Medical Memory, a company offering a cloud-based video patient engagement solution.

Here are 11 hospitals expanding their spine and neurosurgery programs.