Despite the prevalence of pay-for-performance compensation in healthcare, a new editorial in the British Journal of Medicine suggests the concept "rests on flawed assumptions about medicine, measurement and motivation" and may encourage providers to game the system.
Practice Management
Illinois Bone & Joint Institute's 7,955-square-foot Grayslake facility is almost ready to open its doors, according to the News-Sun.
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic has begun construction on a new Pasadena, Texas facility to be completed by spring, according to YourDeerparkNews.com.
The New York State Department of Health has overturned a 2011 coverage policy that stopped payments under Medicaid for arthroscopic knee surgeries, according to an AAOS Now report.
Here are six advantages of surgery center investment for physicians.
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The Rothman Institute, based in Philadelphia, will open an orthopedic center in Newtown Township, Pa., according to a Bucks Local News report.
Here are 10 recent orthopedic and spine practice expansions.
National healthcare expenditures grew to $2.695 trillion in 2011, a 3.9 percent increase from $2.594 trillion in 2010, but what components of the healthcare system consumed the largest portions of NHE?
Signature Medical Group, a physician-owned medical practice in the St. Louis area, has added four new orthopedic physicians.
Alphatec Holdings, parent company of Alphatec Spine, has appointed Luke T. Faulstick to the company's board of directors.