PAYMENT OF MILITIA SURGEONS.

Payment by results and coding practice in the National Health Service. The importance for orthopaedic surgeons.

This paper considers the new financial infrastructure of the National Health Service and provides a resource for orthopaedic surgeons. We describe the importance of accurate documentation and data collection for National Health Service hospital Trust finances and league tables, and support our discussion with examples drawn from our local audit work.

2015 CPT coding changes will have mixed effects on payment for general surgeons.

Ethical Analysis of Late Payment Penalties

Background: Recognizing the causes of non-current receivables can well prevent the largest deviation in the allocation of resources as the blocking of resources in a particular sector and their lack of proper distribution. Inserting the condition of late payment penalty is one of the legal solutions to deal with late payment, which is included in banking contracts. In this article, the status o...

An Assessment of Online Reviews of Hand Surgeons

 Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the number of reviews and scores for active members of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) in popular physician rating websites (Healthgrades.com and Vitals.com). Methods: A total of 433 ASSH active members were searched in two popular rating websites for a total of 866 web searches. Demographic data, overall and subcategory ...

Educational Need Assessment of Anesthesiologists and Surgeons in Transfusion Medicine

Introduction: Developing continuing medical education (CME) programs should be based on assessments of learners’ needs. On the other hand, one of the prevalent problems in Iran is the excessive use of blood products, and the highest demand for blood transfusion is related to surgical wards. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the educational needs of anesthesiologists and surgeons in...