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Surgery Career Articles of Interest
60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked
Source: The New York Times
A record-setting donation chain was started by one Good
Samaritan and perpetuated by 29 loved ones of kidney transplant
patients who were willing to pay it forward.
Surgery Career Resources and Links
Surgery Professional Organizations
Are You Leaving Millions of Dollars on the
Table?
A LocumTenens.com survey recently revealed that 16% of clients
who use locum tenens physicians do not bill for their services.
Collectively they are leaving possibly hundreds of millions of
dollars of unreimbursed claims on the table each year.
A new white paper by Jackson Revenue Management explains how to
bill for locum tenens correctly for Medicare, Medicaid and
privately-insured patients.
Surgeon Shortage Pushes Hospitals to Hire
Temps
Source: The Wall Street Journal
When someone doubles over from stomach pain, the general surgeon
is the one who performs an appendectomy. Gallstones? The general
surgeon removes the gallbladder. Breast and colon tumors and
hernias are also matters for the surgeon's scalpel.
Now the economic and cultural forces reshaping U.S. medicine are
prompting an exodus from this once venerable field, creating a
growing market for temporary surgeons-for-hire.