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Robert F. LaPrade, MD, a knee surgeon with The Steadman Clinic and chief medical research officer at Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., recently co-authored a book on sports injuries.

Here are the top 10 reasons why the most commonly billed procedures in ambulatory surgical facilities were unexpectedly denied based on data collected between November 5, 2012 and February 11 2013 by RemitDATA, an independent source of comparative analytics for…

Arnold Feldman, MD, interventional pain physician and medical director of The Feldman Institute in Baton Rouge, La., announced the launch of the institute's medical travel program.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has announced its interest in funding research demonstration projects that will provide evidence to inform the development of meaningful use objectives.

Co-chief of sports medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center Jonathan L. Glashow, MD, will perform knee surgery on Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Jason Richardson, according to a report from The Reporter.

Hudson Valley Ambulatory Surgery in Middletown, N.Y., has added gynecological procedures.

Here are five questions organizations should ask themselves before committing to the upheaval of replacing their electronic health record systems, according to an EHR Intelligence report.

Nameer R. Haider, MD, director of interventional pain management at the Minimally Invasive Pain Institute in Washington, D.C., has begun performing 360 degree neurostimulator implantations to treat chronic headaches using the Boston Scientific Spectra System.

Healthcare providers can use relative value units to estimate whether payors are appropriately reimbursing procedures and to secure better future payments, according to American Medical News.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and CMS have announced the new format for children's electronic health records.