Practice Management

CMS released its second annual evaluation report for Models 2 through 4 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative in a blog post.

A Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study found while physician employment is increasing, this trend may not improve patient care, according to Medical Xpress.

The quadruple aim is gaining steam as physician burnout continues to plow through the industry, according to MedCity News.

Physician practices in South Carolina are now able to employ physical therapists, after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling, which had banned the employment of physical therapists by physicians.

Karen Hackett, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CEO, will retire from her position effective April 14, 2017.

Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman thinks political candidates sharing their medical records will "cause more harm than good," and made his point in a blog post on The Wall Street Journal.

The FDA posted a letter on its website critiquing pharmaceutical companies, Pain Therapeutics and Durect, for marketing an experimental drug in such a way customers would believe the drug was FDA approved, according to STAT.

Laboratory errors result in costly consequences, based on a Hempstead, N.Y.-based Northwell Health Laboratories study, according to Medscape. Northwell Health Laboratories includes a core lab and 16 hospital labs performing more than 19 million billable tests, annually.

Intalere launched its OptiPrice Advantage tool which provides facilities with a database of product costs in an attempt to help hospitals save on medical and surgical supply costs.

Keith Berend, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the New Albany, Ohio-based Joint Implant Surgeons, discusses joint procedures in the United States.