Here are eight statistics on independent physicians who are considering selling their practices and some of the pressures they face, according to CareCloud's "Practice Profitability Index" report.
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Healthcare reform and the aging population are not the only forces changing the healthcare landscape: social and digital media are as well, according to Kendra Simpson, vice president of Social@Ogilvy.
William H. Seitz Jr., MD, received the 2014 John H. Budd MD Distinguished Membership Award from the Academy of Medicine Cleveland & Northern Ohio, according to an AAOS Now report.
David Altchek, MD, performed season-ending elbow surgery on Atlanta Braves starter Gavin Floyd, according to a Fox Sports report.
Rita, a 61-year-old physical therapist suffering from arthritis in her knee, is the latest patient to have received an Arthrosurface Knee HemiCAP, according to an Arthrosurface blog post.
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Marci Halevi is the vice president of clinical affairs at Paradigm Spine. Before joining Paradigm, she served as the manager of regulatory affairs for the trabecular metal technology division of Zimmer. She has more than 15 years of medical device…
Jeffrey Sketchler, MD, of Metairie, La.-based Ponchartrain Bone & Joint Clinic, recently traveled to Nicaragua on a medical mission trip, according to a report by The Times Picayune.
The American Hospital Association — joined by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — sent a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to bar civil monetary penalties under the False Claims Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling this week in the case of two companies against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its contraception coverage mandate. What, exactly, is at stake for the law?
Yesterday, PwC's Health Research Institute released its annual medical cost trend report for 2015, which is based on interviews with industry executives, health policy experts and health plan actuaries, whose companies cover a total of 93 million members.