Practice Management

North Carolina-based EmergeOrtho received approval to build its $4.2 million Brunswick Surgery Center in Leland, State Port Pilot reports.

Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office scored the American Health Care Act, the GOP alternative to the ACA. The legislation would reduce the deficit by $119 billion through 2026, but increase the rate of uninsured Americans by 82 percent.

Berkeley, Calif.-based healthcare analytics company Innovaccer introduced a new initiative to help independent physician associations become accountable care organizations.

Panelists discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare delivery at the 2017 Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C., held from April 27 to April 28, according to AMA Wire.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, of Ethiopia, is the new director general of the World Health Organization, according to BBC News.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is teaming up with Grand Forks-based University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences to create a new orthopedic surgery residency program, according to West Fargo Pioneer.

An industry roundtable of healthcare leaders discussed the current and future state of bundled payments.

Sentara Leigh Hospital's orthopedic center was designated the Orthopedic Hospital at Sentara Leigh today as the first designated orthopedic hospital in South Hampton Roads, Va.

Female radiologists make the most on average of any physician specialist where more than 1 percent of all specialists are female, according to the Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2017.

American Psychiatric Association polls show the anxiety levels are rising, with concerns about healthcare one of the top drivers, according to a Medscape report.