Practice Management

Anton J. Fakhouri, MD, has joined the medical staff at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Ill., according to a Morris Daily Herald report.

Here are five tips for optimizing the revenue cycle process at an orthopedic practice.

Jeffrey I. Peretz, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a professional interest in total joint replacement and arthroscopy, recently joined Resurgens Orthopaedics at the Atlanta location, according to a Resurgens news release.

Christopher Magee, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in knee and shoulder care, recently joined Middletown (N.J.) Medical, according to a North Jersey report.

Healthcare delivery is changing and proactive orthopedic groups are taking several steps to meet subsequent challenges head on. "The primary challenge facing orthopedic practices is the level of uncertainty [about the future]," says Bill Champion, founder and president of Orthopaedic…

Physicians, non-physician practitioners and independent diagnostic testing facilities that provide the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging services must be accredited by Jan. 1, 2012 to bill Medicare for these services, according to a CMS report.

Here are eight points on sports medicine physician compensation based on MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

The physicians from Northwestern Orthopaedic Institute recently joined NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill., according to a NorthShore news release.

Here are six steps for optimizing profits at a pain clinic.

Jim Haemmerle, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Mayo Clinic Health System in Rochester, Minn., will be honored early next year for donating one of his kidneys to a man who he never met, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.