Trustees of The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati are scheduled to vote on a plan to construct a $100 million orthopedic and spine tower, according to a Cincinnati.com report.
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Here are 40 benchmarks about orthopedics in surgery centers. The first four data points are taken from SDI's Outpatient Surgery Center Profiling Solution, while the rest of the data is taken from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Pulmonary embolisms are a common risk associated with hip and knee replacement procedures, and the risk is still relatively high even after patients are treated with blood thinners prior to and immediately following joint replacement surgery, according to a news…
A growing number of joint replacement surgeons are beginning to perform hip replacement surgery using an anterior approach instead of the traditional posterior approach because of the benefits it has for the patient as well as the provider. It can…
1. Keep track of patients who haven't paid. With an increase in high deductible plans and general economic challenges, more patients are having their bills sent to collections, and this will often lead a practice to eventually write-off unpaid co-pays…
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Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro opened the state's first Orthopedic Urgent Care Center in New Albany (Ohio) Orthopaedic Institute, according to a company news release.
When an orthopedic practice includes physical therapy, there is a benchmark of 4.6 weighted procedures per provider work hour, according to an AAOS Now report.
There are several economic, social and political factors that impact a patient's access to care and an orthopedist's ability to provide that care, and orthopedic surgeons need to understand these factors for success in the future, according to a story…
Some orthopedic subspecialists experienced an increase in compensation during 2010 while others decreased significantly. Spine surgeons are still the highest compensation subspecialists, but this year joint surgeons join them at the top. Here are five points on orthopedic and spine…
If your practice bills Medicare for MRI or CT services, are you prepared for MIPPA? On July 15, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA). Effective Jan. 1,…