Uncategorized

Primary care physicians were the most sought after medical professionals to fill openings on a temporary basis, according to the 2009 Survey of Temporary Physician Staffing Trends conducted by Staff Care, a nationwide temporary physician staffing firm and AMN Healthcare…

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according to a release form Rep. McDermott's office.

Orthopaedic Specialists of the Four States in Joplin, Mo., began construction in March 2009 on a new, replacement 52,000 square-foot medical facility to house many of the practice's operations, including physician's offices, a physical therapy center with an aquatics pool,…

William R. Pupkis, CEO of Capital Region Orthopaedics in Albany, N.Y., has frequently spoken and written on ways to make the physician's office more efficient. Here are six principles he suggests practices follow.

Smith & Nephew is launching two new extensions to its Allevyn Ag range of dressings, according to a release from the company.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has unveiled an $856 billion healthcare reform bill that would eliminate the controversial public insurance option in the House Democrats' bill.

Here are the average salaries of healthcare information management professionals in 2008 by credentials held, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.

Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth Corp. has acquired Max Sports Medicine, an 11-physician practice also located in Columbus, according to a report in Business First of Columbus.

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that most physicians support a public option for healthcare reform.

Here are five case volume statistics about surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, from VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.