Practice Management

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina was among the first to roll out a policy against covering spinal fusion for patients with just degenerative disc disease, according to a report in The State. Now the company has a…

More than three-fourths of U.S. neurosurgeons practice some form of defensive medicine, according to a special article in the February issue of Neurosurgery.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, La., launched a new program to guarantee hip and knee replacement surgeries for 30 days after the procedure.

Burnout rates are lowest in the youngest and oldest physician age groups, according to the Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report 2015.

In 2013, Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Mo., launched a novel cost-reduction initiative, which reduced its medical supply costs by more than $6 million, and orthopedic surgeons were instrumental to the success of the initiative.

Here are 10 statistics and facts about physician assistants.

Here are 10 recent orthopedic practices that opened new locations or expanded existing ones.

Here are 10 specialties with the highest rates of physician burnout, according to the Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report 2015.

Here are 14 common causes of physician burnout, according to the Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report 2015.

According to a press release, Mercer County Surgery Center is the first surgery center in Mercer County, New Jersey to offer total joint replacement procedures in the outpatient setting. Dr. Dave Eingorn, an orthopedic surgeon at the surgery center notes…