The Denver-based TriZetto Group will be joining the efforts of several Tennessee orthopedic practices and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to bundle payments for patients with total hip and knee replacements.
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Thomas Graham, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, and Richard Parker, MD, an orthopedic surgeon also at the Cleveland Clinic and head team physician for the Cleveland Cavaliers, performed hand surgery on Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving, according to…
The AAOS Fellow and Council on Advocacy Chairman Peter J. Mandell, MD, testified this week before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee in Washington, D.C., with recommendations for developing a more sustainable Medicare physician payment system.
Keith Meister, MD, director of Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine & Orthopedics in Arlington and head team physician for the Texas Ranger, will perform elbow surgery on pitcher Colby Lewis, according to a Star Telegram report.
The Andrews Institute, based in Gulf Breeze, Fla., has debuted its mobile sports medicine center, according to a WEARTV report.
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Famed Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John has joined the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's STOP Sports Injuries campaign.
Peter Donaldson, MD, a sports medicine physician at Beaumont Health System in West Bloomfield, Mich., will serve on the US Olympic Committee's medical staff for the upcoming London Games, according to a Daily Tribune report.
Evan Lederman, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with The Orthopedic Clinic Association in Phoenix, performed knee surgery on Phoenix Mercury guard Candice Dupree, according to a SB Nation report.
At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, a roundtable discussed "The Best Ideas Now: Key Ways to Improve Physician Owned Hospital Profits." The panel included Larry Teuber, MD president of Medical…
Joe Zasa, co-founder of ASD Management, has years of experience with surgery center managers. He has seen the good — administrators whose centers run like well-oiled machines, whose employees sing their praises without being prompted. And he has seen the…