Here are 10 statistics about orthopedic surgeon compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data and Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2011.
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The United States has filed a complaint against Bay Area Sleep Associates and its owner, alleging the Tampa Bay, Fla.-based companies submitted false claims for payments from multiple federal healthcare programs, according to a news release from the U.S. Department…
In a presentation at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 9, Dotty Bollinger, RN, JD, LHCRM, CASC, chief medical operations officer at Laser Spine Institute, discussed legal trends in infection control.
Three ASC eye surgeons with "senior" status at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., no longer have to provide on-call coverage to the hospital emergency department, according to The Day report.
Given increased integration activity amongst physicians and hospitals and the increased amount of governmental resources targeting such relationships, we have put together a short piece that is an overview of questions that should be asked from a regulatory and business…
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Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced the effectiveness of its ChannelCheck 3-1 Residual Soil Test Strips was recently verified through a study conducted…
Last Friday, Brett Gosney, CEO of Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., spoke about the prognosis of physician-owned hospitals for the next four years at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Conference in Chicago. Mr. Gosney is also…
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Andrew Hayek, CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates, gave a presentation on the state of the ambulatory surgery center industry.
At the 2011 Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Matthew Saltzman, MD, assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, shared a presentation on surgical site infections and an overview of studies on infection prevention.
ASCs should know the contracts they have with each payor and produce updated data on the profitability of each case before submitting the bill to the insurance company, said Vivek Taparia, director of business development, and Matt Lau, corporate controller,…