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At the 98th meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago on Nov. 26, 2012, Keith J. Dreyer, DO, PhD, vice chairman of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical…

Health insurer monopolies and oligopolies are becoming more widespread across the United States, as roughly 70 percent of metropolitans areas lack insurer competition and are "highly concentrated," according to a recent study from the American Medical Association.

The Steadman Clinic has decided to pull out from a partnership with Vail Valley Medical Center and the town of Vail for a new medical office building due to uncertain costs, according to a Vail Daily report.

Aubrey L. Smith, MD, has been elected to the Texas Medical Association's Council on Practice Management Services, according to an AAOS Now report.

The University of San Diego Health System's Sports Medicine division has been named the official medical partner for the 2013 ITU World Triathlon in San Diego.

Ian Furness, MD, an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Fond du Lac, Wis., recently died while vacationing in Thailand, according to the Fond du Lac Reporter.

The National Athletic Trainers' Association is undergoing a nomenclature study to determine whether "athletic trainer" and "athletic training" are the best terms for the profession.

Hospitals are employing surgeons at a higher rate than ever before, and many surgery centers are competing with these hospitals for physician as well as patient volume. Here, Cliff Deveny, MD, vice president for physician practice management at Catholic Health…

National Pain Institute in Port St. Lucie, Fla., now offers more than 25 treatments for acute or chronic back and neck pain.

Robert Gruber, DO, has been named chairman of the department of physiatry and interventional spine at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla.