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16 Leadership Drs. Larry Lenke, Daniel Riew, Ronald Lehman Leaving St. Louis for NYC By Laura Dyrda T hree renowned spine surgeons are joining New York-Presbyte- rian Hospital this summer to establish a comprehensive spine hospital. The surgeons are leaders in scoliosis surgery, minimally invasive surgery and cervical spine surgery. Larry Lenke, MD, Daniel Riew, MD, and Ronald Lehman, MD, will be charged with establishing the New York-Presbyterian/ Allen spine hospital. "As we expand the scope of our orthopedics program to include a new comprehensive spine hospital in upper Manhattan, their ability to deliver state-of-the-art, patient-centered spine care of the highest quality will build on our strong foundation," said Dr. Steven J. Corwin, CEO of New York- Presbyterian Hospital. "They will be an invaluable resource to patients re- gionally, nationally and beyond." Here are five key facts: 1. The surgeons will take a multi-disciplinary approach to spine care in estab- lishing the new hospital, which includes surgical and non-surgical options for treating patients. 2. All three surgeons are joining New York-Presbyterian from Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where they established spine programs and led several research advances in spine surgery. 3. In addition to establishing the new hospital, all three surgeons will treat pa- tients at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. 4. The surgeons will also join the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons faculty. 5. The move is effective July 1, and the surgeons will hold these titles: • Dr. Lenke: Surgeon-in-chief of the spine hospital at New York-Pres- byterian/Allen and director of spinal deformity surgery at New York- Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center • Dr. Riew: Director of cervical spine surgery at New York-Presbyterian/ Allen • Dr. Lehman: Director of degenerative and minimally invasive spine sur- gery at New York-Presbyterian/Allen "Our patients will benefit greatly from their ability to treat a wide array of spinal issues, including some of the rarest and most difficult-to-treat condi- tions in the world," said William Levine, MD, orthopedic surgeon-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University College of Physi- cians and Surgeons. n 7 Key Statistics on Retail Clinics By Emily Rappleye A s the healthcare industry works to improve access to primary care and provide more patient choice, retail clinics are gaining trac- tion, with 10.5 million visits annually, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Manatt Health Solutions. Here are seven key statistics from the report. 1. More than 1,800 retail clinics have 10.5 million visits annually. 2. 58.6 percent of U.S. families who have used a retail clinic in the past year said they used it because the hours were more convenient than a traditional healthcare facility. 3. 55.9 percent said the ability to access walk-in appointments was a major reason they chose retail care. 4. 48.1 percent said the convenience of the location played a role in their decision. 5. 38.7 percent said lower costs were a reason. 6. 24.6 percent said they chose a retail clinic because they had no pri- mary source of care. 7. CVS MinuteClinics dominate the market share (50 percent), fol- lowed by Walgreens Healthcare Clinics (24 percent), Kroger Little Clinic (8 percent) Walmart Retail Clinics (6 percent), Target Clinics (4 percent) and RiteAid RediClinic (2 percent). n Proposed CMS 2016 IPPS Rule Would Increase MU Payments 1.1% By Akanksha Jayanthi C MS has released its proposed rule for the fiscal year 2016 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system, which includes an alteration to meaningful use reimbursement. The rule proposes meaningful users of EHRs who also report quality mea- sures receive a 1.1 percent increase in Medicare operating rates. Those that do not report quality data would lose a quarter of the market basket up- date (2.7 percent), and those that are not meaningful users of EHRs would lose one-half the market basket update in FY 2016. CMS landed on the 1.1 percent increase by way of the following updates: 1. A positive 2.7 percent market basket update. 2. A negative 0.6 update for a productivity adjustment. 3. A negative 0.2 percent update for cuts under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 4. A negative 0.8 percent documentation and coding adjustment as part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. n