Practice Management

Promedica Toledo Hospital has recently opened the Promedica Wildwood Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital, the first specialty hospital of its kind in the region, according to a Promedica news release.

Here are six ways orthopedic practices can meet and overcome the challenges presented by the changing healthcare environment.

Two orthopedic surgeons have opened in Woodbridge, N.J., and joined the Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center, according to a New Jersey Today report.

More orthopedic surgeons are refusing to see adolescent patients with fractures who receive medical coverage from private insurers and Medicaid, according to an article published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Depending on the subspecialty, orthopedic surgeon compensation based on the number of years in practice can increase with age, decrease with age or take on a variation of the bell curve, according to data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production…

Two orthopedic practices have joined Signature Medical Group, one of Missouri's largest physician-owned medical practices, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

Mary Mayer, CPC health information manager at the Laser Spine Institute, has recently been selected as the chairwoman of the advisory board for Erwin Technical Centerꞌs medical coding and billing program, according to a news release by the Laser Spine…

Douglas Abbott, MD, recently joined Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore., as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine according to a CMH news release.

Here are 10 ideas for success at your sports medicine practice.

Here are 30 benchmarks on surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedic procedures, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Note: All statistics are averages.