Practice Management

Physicians are turning smokers away with increasing regularity, according to The Charlotte Observer.

In 2016, award-winning orthopedic surgeons, Bryan Springer, MD, and Walter Beaver, MD, of Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center launched Operation Walk Carolinas, an organization that sends surgeons to developing countries to perform joint replacements.

Kareo and the American Association of Private Physicians conducted a survey to examine alternative payment and practice models for independent physicians.

Patients view full access to their medical records as critical to receiving high-quality care, based on a Transcend Insights survey.

Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center added Lisa Foster, MD, to the Johns Creek, Ga. location, according to Johns Creek Patch.

Americans' life expectancy may jump to more than 80 years old by 2030, an England-based Imperial College London's School of Public Health study found, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Windsor, Conn.-based Meridian Medical Management announced that it will provide revenue cycle management and healthcare analytics services to The Polyclinic in Seattle.

The direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty is gaining popularity, with some surgeons finding it decreases postoperative pain and quickens recovery due to muscle sparing and fewer dislocations.

A new study published in JAMA examines physician rating websites.

Brian Bear, MD, of Rockford-based OrthoIllinois was included on Castle Connolly's Top Doctors list, according to the Rockford Register Star.