Roughly 56 percent of hospitals have a physician compensation governance structure, and that number is expected to rise as more physicians become hospital employees, according to a survey from consulting and compensation firm Yaffe & Company (pdf).
Practice Management
More orthopedic and spine procedures are now able to move into the outpatient surgery center setting. Ambulatory surgery centers across the country are looking to bring these high acuity cases in and courting orthopedic surgeons who may be future partners.
Samaritan Mid-Valley Orthopedics in Albany, Ore., has moved to a new location, according to a Democrat Herald report.
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Douglas Seip, MD, has joined Mesa View Regional Hospital in Mesquite, Nev., according to a Moapa Valley Progress report.
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Robert Zehr, MD, of The Zehr Center for Orthopaedics in Naples, Fla., has received the Patients' Choice Award, according to a Naples News report.
John Ginnetti, MD, has joined URMC Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in Rochester, N.Y., according to an Irondequoit Post report.
Bundled payments may lead to reductions in healthcare spending without affecting quality, according to a recent report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The University of Maryland Medical Center has opened an outpatient orthopedic clinic in Columbia, Md., according to a Baltimore Sun report.
Richard Iorio, MD, has joined NYU Langone Medical Center as the William and Susan Jaffe Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and chief of adult reconstructive surgery at the hospital.