Medscape surveyed more than 7,500 physicians from more than 25 specialties on a range of ethical situations, with findings revealed in the "Medscape Ethics Report 2016: Money, Romance, and Patients."
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Phoenix-based OrthoArizona added a North Phoenix and Chandler office to its portfolio.
Orthopedic surgeon Nikhil Verma, MD, and his colleagues at Chicago's Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush are offering international patients a fixed price for knee and shoulder surgery.
UnitedHealth Group will participate in bundled payments for spine surgeries as well as hip and knee replacements in 2017, according to Forbes.
Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City Orthopedic Institute recently opened Ortho Urgent Care, an urgent care orthopedic clinic, Fox4 reports.
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As healthcare trends toward value-based reimbursement, patients are increasingly paying for their care and many Americans are facing double-digit premium hikes.
On Nov. 30, 2016, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century Cures Act, according to Fortune.
Though the future of the Affordable Care Act is uncertain at the moment, its impact on physicians and their practices was significant in 2016. In October, the Obama administration predicted monthly ACA marketplace enrollment will hit 11.4 million in 2017.…
The Orthopaedic Sports Health Clinic of Salina (Kan.) is merging with the Salina Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Clinic, according to a report in the Salina Post.
As patient satisfaction becomes tied to provider reimbursement, a study in the Journal of Patient Experience looked at how wait times impact patient satisfaction in an orthopedic clinic.