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A recent survey of 150 orthopedic surgeons found that 25 percent are planning to reduce their usage of metal-on-metal hip implants over the next 12 months, due, in part, to recent reports of metal debris and soft-tissue damage that led…

A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation predicts that states will bear only a small part of the financial burden of Medicaid expansion provisions set in place by the healthcare reform law, with the federal government covering most of…

Branko Prpa, MD, a spine surgeon in Racine County, Wis., is awaiting a ruling on a lawsuit he filed against Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group challenging its non-compete clause, according to The Journal Times.

University of Missouri Health Care has announced the opening of the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, an orthopedic surgery center.

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Here are the 2010 CMS payments for ASCs for six facet joint injection codes.

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to dismiss the state of Virginia's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law to require most Americans to have health insurance by 2014, according to an AHA News Now…

Robert J. Zehr, MD, founder of the Zehr Center for Orthopaedics in Naples, Fla., was named to Gulfshore Life Magazine's list of "Top Doctors" in Southwest Florida, to be published in the magazine's June 2010 issue.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has published new medical treatment guidelines for hip and groin disorders.

ASC executives and back specialists say that pine surgery is the last, great, untapped frontier — the final medical specialty and potential ASC business line remaining relatively unexploited.

Physical and occupational therapy services, along with athletic training, make up one of the most profitable ancillary service lines offered by orthopedic practices. As pressures mount against physician fees, especially for specialists, ancillary service lines are increasingly important to maintaining…