Of the 30 physician specialties studied by the American Medical Group Association, the highest-compensated physicians in 2012 were cardiologists in the cath lab, according to the AMGA's 2013 compensation and financial survey.
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By Sept. 23, hospitals and physicians must comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule, which strengthens patient privacy protections and provides patients with new rights to their protected health information.
Workers' Compensation claims are exempt from HIPAA and therefore not required to switch to the ICD-10 code set; however, practices may find it more practical to fully adopt the new codes rather than maintaining separate systems, according to a Claims…
In a Medscape Today report, Ronald B. Sterling, president of Sterling Solutions, a company that guides medical practices in the use of technology, lays out three things medical practices should do with their electronic health record system in the coming…
In a Medscape Today report, Anne L. Finger, an independent writer, discusses five potential risks of becoming an employed physician.
Forty-two percent of physicians report that their practice is not participating in a pay-for-performance program, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
Michael S. Hisey, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and medical director of Texas Back Institute in Plano. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and is a member of the North American Spine Society, International…
Here are five qualities to watch for and avoid when recruiting new spine surgeon partners to your practice.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has denied Arlington, Tenn.-based Wright Medical Group's application to use the Augment Bone Graft for an alternative to autografts in foot and ankle fusions, according to a Daily News report.
Physicians and device companies are using 3-D printing technology increasingly to develop spinal implants fitted to a patient's exact anatomical needs, according to an Engineering.com report.