Louis Bojrab, MD, an interventional pain specialist in Michigan, performed the state's first minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) surgery on a 57-year-old patient at the Bixby (Mich.) Medical Center, according to a The Daily Telegram report.
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Title: Orthopedic Destination Centers: A Model for Future Success Under Healthcare Reform
Section 6003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 (H.R. 3590) makes a change to the "in-office ancillary services" exception to the Stark physician self-referral law that impacts physician practices providing certain radiology services in their…
R. Michael Gross, MD, a shoulder specialist at GIKK Ortho Specialists in Omaha, Neb., describes his current professional goals.
Podiatrist Emanuel Haber, MD, owner of The Foot and Ankle Center of New Jersey in Paramus, is featured on NorthJersey.com, the online edition of The Record and The Herald News, for his acquisition of the Noveon Laser.