The market value for outsourced healthcare information technology, for purposes such as billing and revenue cycle management, will grow from $35 billion in 2013 to $50.4 billion in 2018, according to a Markets and Markets report.
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The following 10 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last three weeks. They are listed below by the number of employees and/or positions affected.
Here are six predictions and trends spine surgeons can anticipate throughout the coming year, according to several industry experts.
Around 70 percent of practitioners, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, reported being required to make a generic substitution for brand-name drugs last year, according to a report from Medscape.
Spine surgeons often experience stress in their jobs, whether from clinically complex cases, an influx of patients or changes from healthcare reform. Working long hours and facing lower reimbursements can put a dent in the surgeon's personal life as well.
Twenty-four percent of physicians report that they are the primary decision makers with regard to billing and administrative decisions at their practices, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Sugar Land, Texas, announced the addition of Jeffrey Kozak, DO, to its medical staff.
The Spine & Pain Institute of New York announced that it is offering patients an implantable neurostimulation system for treating chronic back and limb pain, which has received FDA approval for body MRI scans under specific conditions of use.
SpineMark Corporation, a developer of spine centers of excellence and spine research organizations, and California Healthcom Group, a developer of cloud-based digital healthcare solutions, announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership that aims at linking back pain patients…
Parsippany, N.J.-based Precision Spine entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Japanese operating equipment manufacturer Mizuho Ikakogyo.