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While Congress hems and haws over how it will handle the 21.2 percent (and growing) Medicare physician fee cut, physicians who are fed up with Congress' yearly drama over payments have a chance to opt out of Medicare, but they…

Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana, with offices in Mooresville and Indianapolis will fully integrate with Beech Grove, Ind.-based St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, becoming part of St. Francis Medical Group, effective March 15, according to a St. Francis news…

Young-Ho Oh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a subspecialty in sports medicine, has joined the Harrington HealthCare family as part of Harrington Physician Services, based in Southbridge, Mass., according to a Harrington news release.

The Georgia Supreme Court recently ruled 4-3 to uphold a law that requires plaintiffs to establish that a physician committed gross negligence in order to receive damages in any malpractice case regarding emergency room care, according to a report by…

CareFusion, a global medical device company, has launched the AVAmax Vertebral Balloon, a minimally invasive device for use during kyphoplasty, a procedure for treating spinal compression fractures, according to a CareFusion news release.

Integra LifeSciences introduced four new products at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses conference in Denver, Colo., which include Secure-Cut Reposable Endoscopic Scissors, Ruggles Bayonet Curettes, Jarit Disposable Bi-polar Forceps and an improved LumbarTrak retraction system, according to an Integra…

Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per orthopedics case by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Access MediQuip, the nation's first and largest provider of outsourced implantable medical device management solutions to the healthcare industry, has enhanced its proprietary Recall Management Service for its customers nationwide, according to an Access MediQuip news release.

The American Medical Association, along with 95 state and specialty medical societies, submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the proposed rule outlining the meaningful use criteria for the electronic health records incentive programs, according…

Orthopedic surgeons contemplating turning over their practices to their local hospital may view such a deal as a way to lock in lifelong profits while saying goodbye to all of the administrative hassles of managing a practice. But seller beware:…