When medical groups create physician base salaries, market salary data is still the top determinant, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2012 medical group compensation and financial survey.
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Minnesota’s Gov. Mark Dayton will undergo spine surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester to relieve pain related to spinal stenosis, according to KKTC.
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BASIC Spine, based in Orange, Calif., announced it will open a spine and pain outpatient surgery center in Newport Beach in early 2013.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is preparing for the 27 percent cut to Medicare physician payments that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013, if Congress does not act to preserve the sustainable growth rate, according the American…
Dec. 31 is the deadline for physicians and other eligible professionals to report and attest to meaningful use in calendar year 2012, according to an AHA News report.
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