Uncategorized

Arthur Casey, CASC, senior vice president of business development for Outpatient Healthcare Strategies, discusses seven ways to foster surgery center culture that emphasizes cost cutting, innovation and profitability.

Approximately 56,585 professionals were awarded a total of $967 million in Medicare electronic health record incentive payments in 2011, representing about 9 percent of the estimated 600,172 professionals eligible for the program, according to data in the "Number and Characteristics…

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., performed shoulder surgery on professional golfer Chris Tidland, according to a Daily O'Collegian report.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, performed knee surgery on former WWE star Hall of Famer Steve Austin, according to a WWE News report.

Akron General Medical Center's newest LifeStyles Health and Wellness Center in Summit County will provide sports medicine, sports performance and physical therapy programs, according to a South Side Leader report.

Neurotech is launching a noninvasive device designed to address low back pain and rehabilitate low back and abdominal muscles.

Pain management physician Mike Yuan, MD, has joined the staff of American Spine in Frederick, Md.

Orthopedic surgeon Sami Joseph Oweida, MD, will join his two practices with Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina's network of 24 locations.

Orthopedic practice OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C., has added two locations, OrthoCarolina Randolph Medical Park and OrthoCarolina Blakeney, to its network of 24 offices.

Here are 10 hospitals recently expanding their orthopedic and spine services.