Practice Management

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.

Orthopedic surgeon Michael Pappas, MD, has joined St. Luke's Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Duluth, Minn., according to a Duluth News Tribune report.

Lock Haven (Pa.) Hospital announced that it will partner with Martin & Suhey Orthopedics in State College, Pa., to provide orthopedic and sports medicine care, according to a report by The Express.  

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi has recognized four hospitals in the state as Blue Distinction Centers of Excellence for knee and hip replacement and spine surgery, according to a Hattiesburg American report.

Here are five ways to maximize operating room efficiency with quick turnover times and optimal scheduling from Kelly Doyle, CEO of Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital in Philadelphia.

Hospitals added 8,900 jobs last month for a total of 4.83 million, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted figures (pdf) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an improvement from the 3,100 worker dip they took between December and January.