Practice Management

Here are 40 benchmarks about orthopedics in surgery centers. The first four data points are taken from SDI's Outpatient Surgery Center Profiling Solution, while the rest of the data is taken from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

The Hand and Wrist Institute in Los Angeles has added endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery to its service offerings.

Orthopedic Associates of Hartford (Conn.) has acquired Orthopedic Surgeons of Central Connecticut in New Britain, according to a Hartford Business report.

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (pdf) as constitutional, although the Medicaid expansion provision was limited but not invalidated.

Here are eight key considerations for bundling orthopedic payments from Mark Bogen, CFO and Senior Vice President of Finance at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y. South Nassau doesn't currently participate in an orthopedics bundled payment program but is…

Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group has incorporated a new open MRI in their Newburgh, N.Y., location.

Merge Healthcare is a publicly-traded, international company, headquartered in Chicago. The company is a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, including Merge OrthoEMR™, which helps orthopedic practices meet meaningful use standards.

Robert Mantica, MD, recently joined Middletown Medical in Warwick, N.Y., according to a report from the Times Herald-Record.

Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle, N.Y., announced the opening of Joint Solutions, a center for orthopedic replacement surgery.

A new study published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found that compliance with joint replacement registries at individual hospitals was low, even when the hospital employed a relatively simple reporting mechanism.