The Physician Payment Sunshine Act starts on Thursday, which will require industry to report interactions with physicians, according to an American Medical Association news release.
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The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine has granted the late William Grana, MD, MPH, its 2013 Robert E. Leach Mr. Sports Medicine award.
During the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine annual meeting, researchers, including lead author Daryl C. Osbahr, MD, presented the results of a study on the long-term results of ulnar collateral ligament surgery in baseball players.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "Key Items That Great Administrators and DONs Focus On."
Mark Gardon, MD, is neurosurgeon at BayCare Clinic in Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, Wis. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Rocky Mountain…
Mark Murphy, MD, a neurosurgeon at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach has opened a second office at Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast, according to a report by The St. Augustine Record.
Novant Health Pinnacle Orthopedic Associates in Statesville, N.C., announced that it will add Michael Getter, MD, to its medical staff in August, according to a Salisbury Post report.
Thirty-three percent of physicians report that at their primary work setting, physicians can communicate with patients via texts or email, according to Deloitte's 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians.
In an American Association of Orthopaedic Executives brief, Kavita Sahai, vice president at San Francisco-based Medical BackOps, lays out five of the most common ways in which fraud occurs and how to protect against it.
The Wall Street Journal recently covered a report showing the number of physicians opting out of Medicare in 2012 tripled from the previous three years.