Jack Stewart, MD, a Tacoma, Wash.-based orthopedic surgeon subspecializing in hand surgery, discusses why he decided to sell his practice to a hospital and finalizing the transaction.
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John A. Gillen, II, MD, recently joined New Century Orthopedics of Pittsburgh, according to a report from The Morning Sun.
This past December, Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health — the largest independent non-profit physician group in Massachusetts — was officially selected as a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. In an effort to change the way patients and costs are managed in the…
We have several different observations as we look at the market for surgery centers this year. These are as follows:
Mon General Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., will open its new orthopedic center Jan. 30, according to a hospital news release.
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Today's healthcare news is ripe with medical service consolidation. With the changes to healthcare legislation, more small orthopedic practices are choosing whether to become employed by hospitals or merge with neighboring practices to form bigger groups.
Fazel Khan, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, was recently named an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University School of Medicine, according to a Long Island Business News report.
Determining physician call compensation is never an easy task for a hospital executive team. On-call coverage payments for emergency departments and trauma programs have increased in the past five to seven years, and this trend is forcing hospitals to look…
St. Croix Orthopaedics in Stillwater, Minn., has named Melanie Sullivan its new CEO, according to a Stillwater Gazette report.
This article briefly discusses eleven different healthcare and business issues. We have divided the article the letter into three key sections. The first focuses on hospital and physician issues. Second, a brief observation on urgent care and sleep labs. Third,…