An important element of any merger or acquisition is the valuation of the hospital and/or physician practice. In a transaction between a hospital and a physician group, a valuation firm typically determines a set price upon which a willing buyer…
Practice Management
With new procedures, varying payor reimbursements and rising implant costs to consider, running a profitable, orthopedic-driven ASC can often be a delicate balancing act of conflicting demands. Karen Cannizzaro, CASC, administrator at Physicians Day Surgery Center in Naples, Fla., provides…
Seven health systems — totaling 28 hospitals from Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois — have formed Quality Health Solutions, a virtual network to launch accountable care strategies.
Unexpected and high-cost medical bills from out-of-network hospitals and physicians are contributing to the growing problem of consumer medical debt, and in New York, it is causing some to go broke, according to a report from the New York State…
With new procedures, varying payor reimbursements and rising implant costs to consider, running a profitable, orthopedic-driven ASC can often be a delicate balancing act of conflicting demands. Karen Cannizzaro, CASC, administrator at Physicians Day Surgery Center in Naples, Fla., provides…
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Robert McBride Jr., MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician and president of OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C., discusses the key elements that have made his practice successful over the past few years. The practice includes 13 office locations and specialty clinics…
Here are 10 new orthopedic practice openings and expansions.
In 2010, the highest-paid employee of the University of California San Diego Health System was not former CEO Thomas Jackiewicz — who made $819,059 — but Stuart Jamieson, MD, head of UCSD Health System's Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, who made…
Hanover (Pa.) Orthopaedic Associations announced it will join WellSpan Medical Group.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BCPI) initiative has generally been more attractive to providers than either of its two accountable care programs — the Medicare Shared Savings and Pioneer ACO program. Unlike…