Practice Management

Here are 15 statistics on orthopedic surgeon and physician compensation based on geographic location and practice setting, according to the Medscape Orthopedist and Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation Report: 2012 Results.

The 73 percent pay raise for primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be delayed, according to an article in Forbes.

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center will soon break ground on The Florence A. De George Pavilion, which will include The Anderson Family Orthopedic & Spine Center, according to a report by The Jupiter Courier Newsweekly.

James T. Craig, MD, has opened the Craig Orthopedic Clinic in Jackson, Tenn., according to a report by The Jackson Sun.

Jeff Bernhardt, Clinical Director at Main Street Specialty Surgery Center, discusses 10 ways ambulatory surgery centers can improve their efficiency and become an even stronger business as a result.

The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform released a report on March 4, 2013, detailing 12 recommendations to change the say physicians are paid.

Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons is building a $4.9 million orthopedics and sports medicine facility on the campus of Baptist Medical Center East in Montgomery, according to a Montgomery Advertiser report.

The Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Group announced that orthopedic physician G. Daxton Steele, MD, has joined their team of specialty physicians.

Merritt Healthcare has purchased an interest in Central Maryland Ambulatory Surgery Center in Baltimore and will manage the operations of the ASC, according to a Merritt Healthcare news release. The Orthopedic Associates of the Central Maryland Ambulatory Surgery Center have…

Barrow Regional Medical Center in Winder, Ga., announced that Craig M. Mines, MD, has joined its medical staff.