Practice Management

Joel Buchalter, MD, recently discussed how he has reduced infection risk during joint replacement surgery by keeping the air in the operating room clean, according to a news release.

Here are reports on 23 new surgery centers that were opened, announced or broke ground in November. Note: Clicking a link will open the report in a new tab.

The article below expresses the views soley of its author and not necessarily those of Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review. Many physicians and other healthcare practitioners choose to go “"in-network" with managed care organizations because these network agreements drive patients…

Here are 15 hospitals expanding orthopedic and services.

Mark T. Reis, MD, recently joined San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning, Calif., and Beaver Medical Group, according to a report from the Record Gazette.

Here are 16 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation by the total medical revenue accrued annually by the surgeons' practice, based on the Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data. The total medical revenue includes fee-for-service collections,…

Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, affiliations, co-management agreements, joint ventures, service line agreements, leasing arrangements and strategic partnerships. Sometimes it seems as though the world of healthcare has turned into a Baskin Robbins, with 31 flavors of hospital transactions out in various…

Ambulatory surgery centers will be included in audits as part of a HIPAA audit program initiated by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, according to a report in the ASC Association's ASCA Government Affairs…

Ravi K. Ponnappan, MD, recently joined Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House, N.J., according to a CRMC news release.

Here are answers to eight big questions on orthopedic practice management.