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Neal Smith, MD, has joined the Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group's office in Woodbury, N.Y., according to a Long Island Newsday report.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System announced the addition of OrthoSouth, also based in Chattanooga, to the UT Erlanger Health Network.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) has unveiled the fiscal year 2014 omnibus appropriations bill, which would cut funding for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

This year, hospitals and health systems of varying sizes and types cut jobs from their workforces. The reason for the rash of layoffs can be traced back to several issues impacting the nation's hospitals in 2013: the sequester cuts, Medicaid…

The NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee announced that Hackensack University Health Network, Hospital for Special Surgery and New York-Presbyterian Hospital will be official health service providers for the Host Committee.

A new study examines the epidemiology of upper extremity ambulatory procedures performed in the United States and published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Rice Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, both based in Willmar, Minn., are planning to provide orthopedic surgery services through their Willmar Medical Services joint venture, according to a West Central Tribune report.

Pinellas Park-based OrthoCare Florida, a statewide organization of orthopedic surgeons, announced the appointment of Donald Haight as CEO.

Engagement in their work is a key driver of physicians' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their jobs, and a new survey shows how physicians define that "engagement."