Practice Management

Congress conducted confirmation hearings with Seema Verma to head CMS last week.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates have opened a new office in Mooresville.  

Recently-confirmed HHS Sec. Tom Price, MD, has been a notable member of the GOP Doctors Caucus and represents the group's growing influence on U.S. legislation in his new role.  

Microsoft unveiled Skype for Business' new virtual health templates, according to ON MSFT.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is teaming up with Microsoft to fight physician burnout, according to Trib Live.

Speaker Paul Ryan, HHS secretary Tom Price, MD and two House committee chairman shared their ACA replacement plan on Feb. 16, 2017, The New York Times reports.

An Atlanta federal appeals court overturned a Florida law that prevents physicians from inquiring about gun ownership with their patients unless deemed "medically relevant," according to a Medscape report.

Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine cut formal affiliation ties with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

Vertebral Technologies moved its headquarters from Minnetonka, Minn., to Minneapolis.

Rockingham Orthopaedic Associates merged with Reidsville Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, according to Rockingham Now. Both practices are located in Reidsville, N.C.