This year is monumental for CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, especially for hospitals and health systems that have taken on the most advanced bundled payment model.
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Ivan D. Gowan, MD, recently received the Colgate University Silver Puck Award, according to an AAOS Now report.
New Britain-based The Hospital of Central Connecticut announced the addition of Leigh S. Brezenoff, MD, and Douglas Wisch, MD, to its medical staff, according to a New Britain Herald report.
James Andrews, MD, orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., performed arthroscopic knee surgery on the New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz.
The American Joint Replacement Registry has exceeded its goal of logging 2,000 procedures per week, according to an AAOS Now report.
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Mexican fighter and Olympian Oscar Molina recently underwent shoulder surgery at the Kerlan Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, according to the East Side Boxing report.
Vineland, N.J.-based Premier Orthopaedic Associates announced that it will soon open a new office in Elmer, N.J., according to a report by The Daily Journal.
Duluth, Ga.-based Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic announced that Scott Kimmerly, MD, served as the team medical provider and primary orthopedic physician for the U.S. Ski Team in Austria at the FIS World Cup.
In 2013, 6 million people signed up for health insurance coverage because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Washington Post.
The healthcare sector is entering into one of its most important years in decades, but many hospitals have been left behind.