Practice Management

Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons on the move.

An analysis by Public Citizen reveals medical malpractice payments hit a record low last year.

Danville (Va.) Orthopedic Clinic will move into the former Dan River Research Building, according to a WDBJ7 report.

David S. Cheng, MD, will join Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago in August.

Gem City Bone and Joint in Laramie, Wyo., has changed its name to Premier Bone and Joint Centers, according to a Laramie Boomerang report.

Over the past three years, Orthopedic Associates of Maryland has worked with NDX Group and its NDX Archives division to store its patient files and X-rays, which cleared additional space in the practice that was converted into an MRI room.

Children's Hospital Colorado in Denver has launched a new website focused on its orthopedic services.

Sea Spine Orthopedic Institute has opened a new location in Tampa, Fla.

Here are 8statistics on case volume and revenue for orthopedics at surgery center. The data is taken from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

CMS recently issued its proposed rule for the Medicare physician fee schedule (pdf) for the 2013 calendar year, and many initiatives from the Physician Quality Reporting System to new primary care payment rates were addressed.