Practice Management

President Barack Obama and Congress were able to avoid going over the fiscal cliff earlier this week by striking a deal to prevent huge spending cuts, including a 26.5 percent cut in physician reimbursement for Medicare patients, according to a…

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, authors said five factors can make for more effective patient satisfaction surveys.

As accountable care organizations form across the country, their leaders are still determining which payment arrangements best align the organization's physicians with performance improvements and incentivize them to work toward the triple aim of ACOs: improving the quality of care…

Vincent M. Santoro, MD, has joined the KneeFootAnkle Center of Kirkland effective Jan. 1, 2014, according to a report from the Bellevue Reporter.

A New York-based hospital has begun new protocol to reduce pain for orthopedic procedures, according to a North Country Now report.

Regional Orthopedics announced the opening of a new facility in Graniteville, N.Y., according to a report in the Stanton Island Advance.

Delaware Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has joined Ohio Orthopedic Center of Excellence in Columbus, according to a Digital Journal report.

Here are 10 points on orthopedic surgeon compensation based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2012, based on 2011 data.

When medical groups create physician base salaries, market salary data is still the top determinant, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2012 medical group compensation and financial survey.

Here are eight ambulatory surgery centers opening in 2013 that include orthopedics procedures.