Practice Management

Here are the top payors as reported by physicians in the Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2011, by dollars collected and patient visits.

Knoxville (Tenn.) Orthopaedic Clinic has joined Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance in Nashville and Campbell Clinic in Memphis for a bundled payment agreement with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, according to a Knox News report.

Here are 17 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation in 2011 based on the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2012.

According to Medscape's Orthopedist Lifestyle Report 2012, 23 percent of orthopedic surgeons take more than four weeks of vacation per year while 29 percent have less than two weeks of vacation annually. When they are on vacation, orthopedic surgeons have…

P. Christopher Cook, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in treating pediatric patients, recently joined the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Golisano Children's Hospital.

Van Wahlgren, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Banner Health's Ogallala (Neb.) Community Hospital and Ogallala Medical Group.

Here are five points on orthopedic surgeon income and payment models based on the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2012.

Vivian Chang, MD, an orthopedic surgeon based in Hawaii, has been hired as an interim orthopedic surgeon at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, N.Y., according to a Watertown Daily Times report.

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance and Vanderbilt Medical Group, both in Nashville, have partnered with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee on a bundled payment system for total knee and hip replacements, according to a report from The Tennesseean.

In a session at the Becker’s Hospital Review annual meeting in Chicago on May 18, Les Jebson, executive director of University of Florida Health System and formerly executive director of University of Florida Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, discussed observations about…