Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, a Miami-based orthopedic surgeon and founder of the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, a fully integrated facility that offers clinical, imaging, surgery and rehabilitation services for the upper limb, who is also the chief of hand…
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Here is a chart provided by Matt Lau, director of financial analysis for Regent Surgical Health, of 10 of the best paying ASC procedures (offering average ranges of reimbursements) from selected Regent Surgical Health ASCs for the 2009 calendar year.
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