15 Orthopedic Surgeries for Professional Athletes
Here are 15 orthopedic surgeries for professional athletes, including the surgeons who performed them.Jonathan Glashow, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Midtown Surgical Center, performed knee surgery on...
View ArticleLubbock Christian University Appoints Dr. Kenneth Stephenson to Board of...
Kenneth Stephenson, MD, has been appointed to the board of trustees for Lubbock Christian University, according to an Avalanche-Journal report.Dr. Stephenson is an orthopedic surgeon at The Center for...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Surgeons to Perform Wrist Surgery on Twins Pitcher Nick Blackburn
Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will perform surgery on Minnesota Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn, according to a Star Tribune report.The surgery will repair a ligament in Mr. Blackburn's...
View ArticleMLB Team Physicians Association Names Dr. Michael Ciccotti 2013 President
The Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association named Michael G. Ciccotti, MD, president for 2013, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.Dr. Ciccotti is the chief of sports medicine...
View Article5 Key Concepts for Orthopedics Bundled Payments
Here are five key concepts of bundled payments for orthopedics.1. Physicians have a key role to play. Most bundled payment deals sprouting up around the country include insurance companies and...
View ArticleCMS Names 106 New Medicare ACOs
CMS has named 106 new accountable care organizations that will participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, effective Jan. 1.With the addition of the 106 new organizations, as many as 4 million...
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5 Steps for Spine Surgeons to Resolve Liability Insurance Before Hospital...
Here are five steps for spine surgeons to resolve medical liability and malpractice issues before becoming a hospital employee.Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to...
View Article14 Statistics on Physicians Considering Concierge Medicine
Nearly 7 percent of physicians nationwide are considering moving to direct pay or concierge medicine in one to three years, according to a recent survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins.The survey received...
View ArticleNeurosurgeon Dr. Joan O'Shea Helps Hurricane Sandy Victims
Joan O'Shea, MD, a neurosurgeon in New Jersey, is organizing an event to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, according to Philly Burbs.Dr. O'Shea owns and directs the Spine Institute of Southern...
View Article10 ASCs With Spinal Fusions
Here are 10 ASCs where surgeons perform spinal fusions. To submit additional ASCs where surgeons are performing spinal fusions to this list, please contact Laura at...
View ArticleOrthopedic Trauma Surgeon Dr. Clifford Turen Dies in Plane Crash
Orthopedic surgeon Clifford Turen, MD, recently crashed an air plane he was piloting in Dover, Del., according to a Dover Post report.Dr. Turen was an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Bayhealth Medical...
View ArticleNorthern Inyo Hospital to Take Over Orthopedic Clinic
Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, Calif., will open its first orthopedic clinic, according to a report from The Inyo Register.The clinic was previously run by Mammoth Hospital and will be renamed...
View ArticleAmerican Joint Replacement Registry Adds Michigan's Beaumont Health System
Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Mich., recently joined the American Joint Replacement Registry, a not-for-profit national database of joint replacement procedures, according to a Royal Oak Patch...
View ArticleEvangelica Community Hospital Opens Center for Orthopaedics
Evangelica Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., has opened a new Center for Orthopaedics.The hospital initiated a new joint replacement program in 2005 to address community needs and designed the new...
View ArticleReport: Hospital Consolidation Will Cause Massive Inflation
Hospitals and health systems are consolidating at a feverish pace, and this market transformation is gradually giving those organizations an unprecedented form of pricing power, according to an article...
View ArticleDr. Thomas Schuler Performs Hybrid Cervical Disc Replacement
Thomas Schuler, MD, chief executive and spine surgeon at the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, performed a hybrid multi-level cervical artificial disc replacement with spinal fusion, one of the first...
View ArticleTranS1 Reports $4.1M 4Q Revenue, Up 3%
In its preliminary unaudited fourth quarter revenue report, lumbar spine device company TranS1 saw $4.1 million in revenue, a 3 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2011.The revenue also...
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Quality & Cost-Effective Spinal Imaging of the Future: Q&A With Eric Bailey...
Eric M. Bailey, MD, is the president, founder and CEO of NeuroLogica, a Boston-based company focused on medical imaging equipment for healthcare facilities and private practices worldwide. He developed...
View Article10 Orthopedic Surgeons in New Leadership Positions
Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons who recently assumed new leadership positions. If you would like to suggest additions to this list, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.Kelton Burbank,...
View ArticleStudy Examines Social Media "Never Events" for Physicians
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that specific consequences for physician violations of online professionalism have not been outlined, but there is general consensus on a...
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