Practice Management

Here are five points on the highest and lowest compensating regions of the country for orthopedic surgeons in single-specialty groups, according to data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

The Knee Society has updated its scoring system to more accurately match the outcomes of today's total knee arthroplasty patients, according to a report in AAOS Now.

Nitin Banwar, MD, is the medical director of Finger Lakes Health's new joint center in Geneva, N.Y., according to a health system news release.

Atlantic Orthopedics and Wilmington Orthopaedic Group, both of Wilmington, N.C., recently merged to form OrthoWilmington, according to a Greater Wilmington Business Journal report.

Here are 10 ways orthopedic practices can market their services in 2012.

The success of accountable care organizations may not depend so much on their structure but whether the model can compel and equip healthcare providers to improve their performance, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Low reimbursement, low volume, increasing physician employment, increasing regulatory requirements, increasing staff shortages, increasing market saturation: These are only a few of the issues affecting ambulatory surgery centers at the moment. While ASCs are still able to provide high-quality care…

Five physician practices in New Jersey are partnering with a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey subsidiary on new payment methods for orthopedic procedures, according to an AIS Health report.

Rockford Orthopedic has received $378,000 from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services for appropriately employing meaningful use in the practice, according to a news release.

After several weeks of partisan debate between the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, both chambers finally approved a two-month extension of payroll tax breaks and the Medicare sustainable growth rate, according to a Politico report.