John Wilkerson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon based in Miami has opened a new office in Coral Gables, Fla., according to a Center for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Excellence of Miami news release.
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Spine Surgical Innovation has launched a new ad campaign that focuses on the rapid ability to customize the Swivel Port MIS Retractor System for the individual needs of spine OEM vendors, distributors and surgeons, according to an SSI news release.
As the last acting president of seven-physician Stockton (Calif.) Orthopedic Medical Group, Kevin Mikaelian, MD, led negotiations to join Gould Medical Group, a large multi-specialty practice with about 200 physicians. Gould is part of Sutter Health, an integrated medical system…
CMS has basically upheld its previously stated rules on how hospitals and other providers can prevent recoupment of Medicare disputed payments during appeals of decisions by recovery audit contractors, according to a final rule published in the Federal Register.
Michael Han, MD, has joined Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System, which operates four hospitals as well as primary care and multi-specialty centers, according to a release from Multicare.
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Reading through the House Democrats' 1,017-page health reform legislation, Stephen S. Burkhart, MD, says he is uncomfortably reminded of the 1990s, when HMOs ruled the healthcare roost, pushing many practices into financial instability and restricting patients' access to orthopedic surgeons…
Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, a leading supplier of speech solutions, announced that eClinicalWorks, a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market, and McKesson Practice Partner, a leading integrated electronic health record, medical billing and appointment scheduling software, have…
A day after Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled his healthcare reform bill, Pres. Obama accelerated a program providing $25 million total in grants to states and health systems to test new ways of handling medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a…
Here are the average salaries of medical coders in 2008 by employer type, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.
Columbus, Ohio-based Cardinal Orthopaedic Institute has signed its first tenet for space in a new medical office park, which is scheduled to open on Nov. 2, according to a report in the Business First of Columbus.