Health insurers with policies requiring preauthorization permission delays or interrupts patient access to care, according to the results of an American Medical Association survey.
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Michael Shapiro, MD, is the chief of spine surgery at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., and is a recognized leader in spinal instrumentation, revision surgery and disc arthroplasty. He has a professional interest in techniques such as X…
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When Congress votes on a longer-term Medicare physician fee-fix, Republicans may tie it to cutting back the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Investors Business Daily.
Increasingly, orthopedic surgeons coming out of school are joining hospitals rather than independent practices. At the same time, orthopedic practices are increasingly entering into co-management or joint venture agreements with hospitals to stay afloat. While it is impossible to tell…
Medicaid recovery audit contractors are coming. Each state will choose Medicaid RAC contractors by the end of the year, and contractors will begin operations as early as April 1. Paul Spencer, a consultant at Fi-Med Management in Wauwautosa, Wis., says…
Medtronic reported total revenues for the second quarter of the 2011 fiscal year at $3.903 billion, a 2 percent increase from the second quarter of 2010, according to a company news release.
Hospital for Special Surgery researchers completed studies at the hospital's Leon Root, M.D. Motion Analysis Laboratory on the Ekito shoe, the first athletic shoe designed to reduce the incidence of ankle sprains during athletic activity, according to a hospital news…
While hospital procedure volumes are correlated with patient outcomes in total joint arthroplasty, process standardization is also strongly associated with improved quality of care, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
C-1 lateral mass screw placement is usually feasible and safe in pediatric placement, and the C1-2 rigid screw/rod fixation has been proven as effective treatment for pediatric atlantoaxial instability after a two-year follow-up, according to an article published in the…