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A public-private partnership of 15 states, 37 technology vendors and 34 health information exchanges has announced a program to test and certify electronic health records and other health information technology for reliable transfer of data within and across organizations and…

Roughly 79 percent of all physician specialties experienced raises in compensation in 2011, although most of the increases were nominal, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2012 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.

Here are five factors for spine surgeons to better payor negotiations. Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1. Gather objective quality data. Insurance companies will ask for quality data during contract…

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Jennifer Brown, RN, Endoscopy Nurse Manager at Gastroenterology Associates of Central Virginia, and Tim Meakem, MD, Medical Director of ProVation, will give a presentation titled "The Challenges Facing ASCs to…

A new study published in The Journal of Pain examined the prevalence of opioid prescription around the country and found areas with high rates could indicate over prescribing while low rate areas may mean under treatment.

This issue covers topics such as spine surgery reimbursement, maintaining private practice and healthcare reform. It contains expertise from spine surgeons such as Edward Benzel, MD, of Cleveland Clinic; Jeffrey Goldstein, MD, of NYU Langone Medical Center’s Hospital for Joint…

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