Under the healthcare reform law, existing physician-owned hospitals cannot add ORs, procedures rooms and patient beds, and they cannot change the percentage of physician ownership. Additionally, new hospitals cannot be opened unless they achieve Medicare certification by Dec. 31 2010.…
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In an industry where lower fees and increased scrutiny are becoming a way of life, Christian Zimmerman, MD, saves money for his facility by simplifying his practice. In a March interview with Becker's Orthopedic and Spine Review, he said Idaho…
Baseball is a highly active sport where athletes can easily suffer ACL, elbow and ankle injuries. As a result, major league teams often add orthopedic physicians to their roster. These physicians treat our favorite players' minor and major injuries to…
Stacey Berner, MD, a physician at Northwestern Hospital in Randallstown, Md., has used the Da Vinci Surgical System to perform the first specialized robotic hand surgery in the country, according to The Baltimore Sun report.
Here are seven statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation by specialty from 2009 data, according to the MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report.
John Dietz, MD, chairman of Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital in Indianapolis, discusses three major challenges the hospital faces.
Joseph Martinez, MD, has joined the division of neurosurgery at Memorial Healthcare System's Neuroscience Center in southwest Florida, according to a Hollywood Gazette report.
ADRSupport, a website gathering information and offering support for spine surgery patients, presented the initial findings of a postoperative survey to the Spinal Arthroplasty Society's meeting in New Orleans and is ready to create a spine surgery registry, according to…
Bell-Horn Orthopedic, an orthopedic products manufacturer, and Hasco Medical, a distributor of medical equipment, have entered into a partnership allowing Hasco to distribute a complete line of Bell-Horn products nationwide, according to a Hasco Medical news release.
As chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and vice president of the department of neurosurgery, Edward Benzel, MD, seems happy to share his wisdom on back problems. In an interview with WebMD on the prevalence of back pain, he…