When a provider group inks an accountable care organization contract with a commercial payer, the associated benefits can spill over to other insurers' beneficiaries, including Medicare enrollees, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical…
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The following hospital mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
A federal court has ruled a lack of written reports for permanent tissue sample slides does not mean the claims the Mayo Clinic submitted for them were fraudulent, according to a Law360 report.
On Jan. 25, 2013, HHS released the HIPAA omnibus final rule, clarifying and expanding existing requirements in accordance with the HITECH Act. While the final rule officially went into effect March 16, a date more meaningful and pressing to providers…
Srdjan Mirkovic, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon practicing at Northwestern Orthopaedic Institute in Chicago. He is on staff at Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem and Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at…
In a Physicians Practice article, Audrey Mclaughlin, RN, CEO of McLaughlin Sales Group, discusses 10 customer service habits that medical practices should implement.
In a Physicians Practice article, Marsha Sosebee, billings and collections manager for a plastic surgery practice and surgery center in Dalton, Ga., lays out four reasons for low staff morale in a medical practice and suggests ways to raise morale.
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery President Luis Pimenta, MD, and Public Policy Committee Co-Chairs Gunnar Andersson, MD, and Frank Phillips, MD, submitted comments to Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for CMS, weighing in on the agency's proposed changes to…
Martin O'Malley, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, performed foot surgery on the New York Knicks center Jeremy Tyler.
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons announced it will introduce a new innovation and technology symposium at its annual meeting, Oct. 19-23, 2013, in San Francisco.