Vishal Mehta, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics, has developed and launched a new web-based tool designed to alert patients of physician office and hospital department wait times.
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As reimbursements tighten and costs rise, more orthopedic surgeons are considering merging into large group practices or signing on for hospital employment. Bigger entities can negotiate more favorable contracts, provide more capital for projects, reduce unit costs and attract patients…
Former orthopedic surgeon Tom Price, MD (R-Ga), was elected to congress in Nov. 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008. Prior to going to Washington, he served four terms in the Georgia state senate, and in 2002 he became the…
Former University of Pennsylvania Health System Associate Executive Director Michael Sheerin has been named senior vice president at Rothman Institute, a large orthopedic practice based in Philadelphia, Pa, according to a news release by the Institute.
As the head team physician and orthopedic surgeon for the Atlanta Thrashers NHL hockey team and the Atlanta Falcons NFL football team, Scott Gillogly, MD, knows how to treat a sports injury — and how one feels. He first became…
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Orthopedic and spine has always been a key service line for hospitals, and its impact on a hospital's bottom line has only grown in recent years as reimbursements for other stalwart hospital services lines, such as cardiology, face declining reimbursements…
Nicola V. Hawkinson, DNP, RN and founder of SpineSearch, presented at a DePuy Spine workshop focusing on women's leadership in spine.
Lawrence Rothstein, MD, a Dayton, Ohio-based board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist with 19 malpractice suits against him, has filed for bankruptcy, according to a report by the Dayton Daily News.
Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, is currently a professor at Rush University Medical Center and the associate director of Rush Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. According to the Rush Orthopaedics website, Dr. Bush-Joseph is known among patients for his compassionate bedside manner — a…
Henry Shuey, MD, a neurosurgeon with a practice in Baltimore who served as chief of neurosurgery at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, has died, according to a Baltimore Sun report.