Practice Management

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons submitted a four-page letter to the House Budget Committee hearing on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, which took place Sept. 7. In the letter, AAOS raised concerns about how the new Medicare…

Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic is charging ahead, implementing strategies to combat physician burnout, according to U.S. News & World Report.

A Health Affairs study found consolidation of physician practices continues to increase, according to Medscape.

Steven Mash, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Illinois-based DuPage Medical Group, discusses how orthopedic surgery has changed in the past decade, and what he thinks is in store for the next.

Young orthopedists earn nearly $329,000 annually, placing the specialty at the top of the list, according to "Medscape Young Physicians Compensation Report 2016."

Mercyhealth opened its Orthopedic Center of Excellence in Rockford, Mich., according to Rockford Register Star.

Arriving to appointments with a plethora of online research, Americans are embracing the self-diagnosis trend, according to Quartz. Google noted about 1 percent of the site's searches include medical symptoms.

Physicians may possess "attribution biases," viewing obese patients as lazier, dumber and more worthless than thin patients, based on studies cited in a Stat article, according to Medscape.

Will the outcome of the U.S. presidential election affect the country’s stable AAA credit rating and outlook? Moody’s says no, according to a forexlive report.

CMS recently released the first data feed of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, which reflected updates and corrections to the previously released baseline files.