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Here are five ways orthopedic surgeons can have the advantage during payor negotiations.

Lynn S. Feldman, RN, MBA, administrative manager of Eastwind Surgical, a spine center in Westerville, Ohio, discusses eight reimbursement and business concepts for spine.

Robert G. Marx, MD, is the director of the Foster Center for Clinical Outcome Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He has a professional interest in using the arthroscopic technique to reconstruct ACL tears and…

Here are 10 statistics about orthopedic-driven ambulatory surgery centers, defined here as ASCs that perform greater than 50 percent orthopedics. Data comes from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010. All figures are averages.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has named several new leaders for 2011, including Daniel Berry, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., as president, John R. Tongue, MD, of Lake Oswego, Ore., as first vice president, and Joshua…

Zimmer recently launched the PathFinder NXT pedicle screw system designed for increased flexibility for a range of minimally invasive spine procedures, according to a company news release.

Stryker recently launched the company's first iPad applications for surgeons to help them enhance the patient education process and provide information about products and surgical techniques, according to a company news release.

The Food and Drug Administration issued 18 spine devices 510(k) clearances in January, according to an FDA report.

The San Diego Padres medical staff at Scripps Clinic's Shiley Center for Orthopedic Research and Education recently developed an app for the iPad to track and file a player's athletic health on a day-to-day basis, according to a San Diego…

Sandy Kunkel, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently performed outpatient rotator cuff surgery on Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels at Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital Northwest in Indianapolis, according to a Chicago Tribune report.