The Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission has proposed a "no coverage" determination on hip surgery procedures for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
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The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has awarded the Andrews Research & Education Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., a $13,700 grant for sonography in musculoskeletal medicine.
Katherine Boyd, MD, performed finger surgery on the Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux after the player incurred an injury while playing golf, according to an NHL.com Network report.
James Andrews, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, recently performed reconstructive knee surgery on the San Diego Chargers wide receiver Danario Alexander, according to a U-T San Diego report.
Marc Hungerford, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has been named the chief of orthopedics at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, according to a report by The Daily Record.
Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., has added orthopedic surgeons Joseph McLaughlin, MD, and John Macy, MD, according to a Stowe Reporter report.
In a recent study published in The Journal of Pain, researchers from the U.K. Primary Care Centre in Staffordshire examined the low back pain and its progression to chronic pain.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Mike Orseno and Tom Hui will give a presentation titled "Utilizing Technology to Improve Revenue Cycle Metrics."
This article is written by David B. Mandell, JD, MBA and Carole C. Foos, CPA, OJM Group. As we approach the 4th quarter of the year, most of our physician clients, including spine surgeons, now have a fairly good…
Here are three orthopedic surgeons discussing the biggest opportunities for orthopedics in ASCs in the coming years.