Practice Management

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Pittsburgh-based Highmark, an insurer, will spend up to $500 million on a new network of physicians, community hospitals and outpatient care locations — an investment in addition to its $475 million takeover of West Penn Allegheny Health System, according to…

Mercy Medical Group in Folsom, Calif., recently hired orthopedic surgeon Daniel Anderson, MD, according to a report from the Sacramento Bee.

Here are five essential elements of a top orthopedic practice.

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.

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.

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.