Practice Management

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.

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.

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Here are the top three concerns for orthopedic surgeons this year from Henry Finn, MD, FACS, medical director of the Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss Memorial Hospital and professor of surgery at the University of Chicago.

Sudeep Taksali, MD, an orthopedic trauma specialist, recently joined Hope Orthopedics in Salem, Ore., according to a Statesman Journal report.

Here are eight upgrades for orthopedic practices in 2012.

Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore., recently welcomed Douglas Abbott, MD. Dr. Abbott has a professional interest in shoulder and knee arthroscopy.