Practice Management

Although U.S. healthcare spending is in a multiyear slowdown, growing just 4 percent in 2011, state and local government healthcare spending is growing much faster, up 10 percent in the same year, according to a report by the Pew Center…

Washington, Pa.-based Advanced Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation has moved its office location and now includes digital X-ray equipment, according to a Tribune Live report.

Orthopedic Associates of Southwest Ohio is moving forward with its plan to develop a $2.5 million new practice building, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Hospitals can charge patients facility fees of more than $1,000 if they see physicians who work in an office that is owned by the hospital, according to a report by The Boston Globe.

Salaries and compensation packages of hospital-employed physicians have become a burning topic in recent years, mostly due to the upsurge in hospitals acquiring physician practices and subsequent employment of physicians.

Rockford (Ill.) Orthopedic Associates and Crystal Lake Orthopedics have announced their intention to merge.

Readmissions are a significant concern for hospitals, as they will receive cuts to their Medicare payments for higher-than-expected readmission rates for certain diagnoses.

Here are eight ways orthopedic practices can improve their bottom line.

The surgeons of 3B Orthopaedics have become employees of Aria Health, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.

Healthcare was front and center in the "fiscal cliff" debates to end 2012 and will continue to play a large role in the "debt ceiling" debates in 2013. Over the next several years, many new initiatives will take place to…