CMS recently issued its proposed rule for the Medicare physician fee schedule (pdf) for the 2013 calendar year, and many initiatives from the Physician Quality Reporting System to new primary care payment rates were addressed.
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Here are 20 surgeons focusing on spinal trauma.
The Food and Drug Administration granted 20 spine-related device clearances in June.
A recent Market Research report found that around 12 percent of medical device recalls from 2005 to 2010 were for orthopedics-related devices. The United States reportedly recorded 4,343 medical device recalls with more than 800 companies initiating recalls over that…
OrthoKC has selected SRS EHR to replace its document management system for its 10 providers.
Frank J. Schwab, MD, is the chief of the spinal deformity service at New York University Hospital of Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine. He has previously served as director of orthopedic research and director of the spine…
Comprehensive spine and pain management practices must include several key components to care for patients: behavioral therapy, functional rehabilitation and interventional care. These components should be coordinated for each individual patient to optimize treatment success.
James Lloyd, MD, of Brookfield, Wis., had a marketing problem. He needed patients and had built a beautiful, information-filled website with all of the necessary components: bio, patient information and a large education section. It had all the right keywords…
Douglas Constant, MD, has joined Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine/Pain Management in Bradenton, Fla., according to a Bradenton Herald report.
John Lindstrom, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has joined ThedaCare Orthopedics Plus in New London, Wis.