The number of primary total knee arthroplasty procedures has increased more than 161 percent over the last 20 years, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Practice Management
Orthopedic cases continue to move into surgery centers as CMS updates its list of approved procedures, and anesthesia techniques develop. Here T.K. Miller, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Carilion Clinic Orthopedics and medical director of the Roanoke (Va.) Ambulatory Surgery…
Healthcare spending for people with employer-based insurance rose 4.6 percent in 2011, a significant step up from the 3.8 percent growth rate in 2010, according to a report from the Health Care Cost Institute (pdf).
More than 86 percent of physicians said income in their practices has been flat or declining over the past three years, according to a recent survey from Merritt Hawkins.
David Hicks, MD, and Robert Bennett, MD, have joined Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield, Mo., according to a Springfield News-Leader report.
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Webster Orthopedics has relocated to a new office in Dublin, Calif.
Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center has opened a clinic in Claremore.
Southern Bone and Joint Specialists in Hattiesburg, Miss., will open its Orthopedic Institute in mid-October, according to a Hattiesburg American report.