7 Healthcare Reform Changes Affecting Orthopedic Surgeons Healthcare reform, with its many current and future changes to Medicare payment methodologies and to the “Stark” self-referral and fraud and abuse laws, is creating stricter regulations and new obligations for all physicians,…
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Randall Dryer, MD, of Central Texas Spine Institute, in Austin, Texas is a leading spine surgeon who regularly performs outpatient spine surgery at Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital, a Surgical Care Affiliates facility. He stands at the cutting edge of research…
Many orthopedic and sports medicine practices that once supplied in-office physical therapy, occupational therapy and other rehabilitative services on their own are now contracting with separate hospitals and professional groups for these services, says Diane Ryckman, director of sports medicine…
The Andrews Sports Medicine Institute, of Pensacola, Fla., won the 2010 OR Excellence Award for pain control from the Outpatient Surgery Magazine, according to a Benzinga report.
Cambridge Health Alliance's division of sports medicine will hold Sports Medicine Symposium 2010: Treating the Injured Athlete next weekend in Boston, according to a health system news release.
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Stephen M. McCollam, MD, currently serves as president of Atlanta's Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, where he has been a hand surgeon for more than 20 years. His leadership in orthopedics extends well beyond the U.S. borders, as he has volunteered his…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Interbody cage fusion uses a hollow threaded titanium or carbon fiber cylinder to fuse two vertebrae together. The diseased disc…
Surgeons from Arizona Orthopaedic Associates in Phoenix have partnered with Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., to perform anterior hip replacements, according to an Arizona Orthopaedic Associates news release.
Physicians are dissatisfied with Medicare reimbursement, though they show little consensus for major proposals to reform, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Christian A. Woodbury, MD, a hand and wrist physician has joined the San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, according to a practice news release.