Practice Management

In December 2011, a Gallup poll reported 52.5 percent of Americas considered themselves thriving while 43.7 percent reported struggling. At the same time, 32 percent of orthopedists in active practice reported having minimal or no savings for their age and…

The following data reflects the increase in active physicians from 2000 to 2008, the latest figures available.

Healthcare prices rose only 1.8 percent in February 2012, the lowest rate of healthcare inflation since April 1998, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending (pdf).

To say that the medical community has noticed a change in the government's enforcement stance regarding HIPAA violations would be quite an understatement. Examples of cringe-worthy behavior by providers are becoming legion. In addition to the now near-famous case involving…

Kansas Orthopaedic Center in Wichita will be expanding to a new location, according to a report from The Wichita Eagle.

James T. Mazzara, MD, has joined St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., according to a Hartford Business News report.

Bruce Hamilton-Dick, MD, joined the team at St. Mary's Center for Orthopaedics in Lewiston, Maine.

The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare, which specializes in orthopedics, spine, pain management and weight loss surgery, has begun construction of its new $49 million hospital in San Antonio, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.

Two new studies examining the effects of smoking on patients undergoing total joint replacement showed that smokers have a higher revision rate than non-smokers.

A new tool, released by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, tracks all funds received by states, local governments, employers and others to implement parts of President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.