The average cost for a 180-day episode of total knee replacement for Medicare patients is $22,611, while that figure is $25,872 for patients with commercial health insurance — a 14 percent difference, according to a report from the Health Care…
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Scott Trenhaile, MD, of Rockford (Ill.) Associates, was selected to serve as program faculty at the 29th Annual San Diego Shoulder Institute's course in June, according to a Rockford Register Star report.
Five pain management physicians discuss epidural steroid injections for pain treatment.
Samimi Orthopedic Group, based in Los Angeles, announced the opening of its new office location in Glendale, Calif.
Washington Nationals pitching prospect Sammy Solis will undergo ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, performed by Lewis Yocum, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, according to an MSN report..
The orthopedic surgeons at All-Star Orthopaedics in Dallas recently performed a total knee replacement on former Cincinnati Bengals player Ickey Woods.
John Hocker, MD, former chief of orthopedics at St. Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., recently died of pancreatic cancer, according to a report in The Florida Times-Union.
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