Uncategorized

By the end of this month, an estimated 5.4 million people will have enrolled in health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, according a an analysis by healthcare business advisory company Avalere Health.

Scott Glaser, MD, co-founder and president of the Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago, shares his views on several of the trends shaping the present and future of the interventional pain management field.

The House has passed a bill that would repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate and delay the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.

In its annual report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has recommended a 3.25 percent payment rate increase for the acute-care hospital outpatient and inpatient payment systems.

Rey N. Ramirez, an orthopedic surgeon, has joined Hand Microsurgery and Reconstructive Orthopedics of Erie (Pa.) and Erie Shriners Ambulatory Surgery Center and Outpatient Specialty Care Center, according to the Erie Times-News.

At the "12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine" ambulatory surgery center developers and ASC management companies will discuss ways for developers to successfully enter into new markets.

Hinsdale (Ill.) Orthopaedics is opening a new location in Western Springs, Ill., April 14, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Freddie Fu, MD, received the Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award, presented by the Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, at the  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in New Orleans, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

In a recent whitepaper, Johnson Controls outlined strategies for sustainability in hospitals and health organizations.

The American Medical Association has urged Congress not to let partisanship stand in the way of fixing Medicare's sustainable growth rate.