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.
Practice Management
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.
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Florida Spine & Neuro Center at Largo Medical Center has added Israel-based Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Mazor Robotics system to their spine and robotics surgical programs.
Over the next decade, physician services payments are expected to have slower growth as focus shifts to lowering the cost of care, according to a Medscape report.
Concord (N.H.) Orthopaedics asked the city council to rezone a residential neighborhood for expansion purposes, according to Concord Monitor.
Robert Harrington, MD, will join Dover, N.H.'s Wentworth-Douglass Center for Orthopedics and Joint Replacement when it opens in March, according to Fosters.
Bend, Ore.-based Desert Orthopedics notified patients that a former employee allegedly stole at least two patients' information and stole their identities to make online purchases, according to a KBND report.