Practice Management

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.

The Hospital for Joint Diseases at NYU Langone Medical Center recently opened the Joint Preservation Center of New York, a multidisciplinary clinic that focuses on providing specialized patient care and joint-related research for healthcare professionals. Eric Strauss, MD, assistant professor…

David Rockwell, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Wilmington (N.C.) Orthopaedic Group, recently received the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association's 2011 Honored Surgeon Award, according to a Wilmington Orthopaedic Group news release.

Here are 10 foot and ankle surgeons and specialists on the move in 2011.

The Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler has broken ground on an approximately $20 million construction project, according to a KLTV.com report.