The Senate failed to pass a six-month fee fix as part of its jobless benefits package, which needed 60 votes to pass but received only 56, according to a report by the Washington Post.
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Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., has named Jimmy St. Louis, MBA, PMP, as senior vice president of corporate operations.
Here are five statistics on the rate of physicians changing their practice location for specialties common to spine and orthopedic practice, according to a report from SK&A, A Cegedim Company.
1. Orthopedics accounts for around 16 percent of the total case volume mix in surgery centers, second behind GI/endoscopy (25 percent), ophthalmology (18 percent) and pain management (17 percent). The average surgery center performs 4,869 cases annually, which would average…
John Martin is the CEO of Orthopaedics Indianapolis (OrthoIndy), the largest private, full-service orthopedic practice in the Midwest. According to Mr. Martin, the practice, which provides complete bone, joint, spine and muscle care, had more than 170,000 patient visits in…
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Brian Cole, MD, is a professor in the department of orthopedics with a conjoint appointment in the department of anatomy and cell biology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He was chosen as "Chicago's Top Doctor" in 2006 and…
Implementation of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician fees is due to kick in on Friday, following a lopsided defeat of the fee fix provision in the Senate Wednesday, as part of a package extending unemployment insurance and aid…
The American Board of Internal Medicine has settled its lawsuit against a test-preparation company that allegedly traded ABIM exam questions with physicians taking the exam, according to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.
Here are ten statistics on the earnings of occupational therapists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-2011 Edition.
Here are nine statistics on the earnings of athletic trainers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-2011 Edition.