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Here are eight orthopedic surgeons on the move, in the last month.

James Andrews, MD, will perform knee surgery on Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris, according to a Fansided report.

Last month was a milestone for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as people began using the coverage they purchased through the state-based and federally run healthcare exchanges.

HHS has issued a final rule to amend the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 to now allow laboratories to give a patient, or a patient's personal representative, access to his or her complete laboratory test results when requested.

  Bear Valley Community Healthcare District in Big Bear Lake, Calif., announced that Thomas Liu, MD, has started a private clinic at the BVCHD Physical Therapy Center and will perform selective surgeries at Bear Valley Community Hospital.

  Lehigh Valley Health Network-Tilghman will open in Allentown, Pa., and it will include an inpatient orthopedic center, outpatient orthopedic surgical center and an express urgent care facility, according to a Lehigh Valley Business report.

Penalties are often a focus of CMS' Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program, but which hospitals have fared the best in the program?

Some physician specialties report being happier at their job compared to other specialties, according to new data from Medscape's 2014 Physician Lifestyle Report.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes three main components meant to expand access to health insurance coverage: Medicaid expansion, the creation of health insurance marketplaces and market reforms such as the prohibition of lifetime limits on essential health…

Some of the largest, most financially stable health systems in the country share a business line — operating a health plan — but it is far from an easy task.