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Practice Management

Here are five statistics on hand surgeon compensation according to MGMA's 2010 Physician Compensation and Production Survey, which is based on 2009 data.

Infection control and prevention is especially difficult for orthopedic surgeons because they are often implanting artificial devices into the patient. "If patients develop an infection, it could mean losing the implant and going back to surgery," says Linda Greene, RN,…

Many orthopedic and sports medicine physicians have begun to expand the services offered at their practices by adding physical and occupational therapy. While adding these services could increase practice revenues, there are several things physicians must consider before moving forward…

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Marin General Hospital (MGH) in Greenbrae, Calif., recently began a new collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurosurgery and the orthopedic spine surgeons at the Mt. Tam Spine Center, led by Dr. Robert Byers and Dr.…

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