The board that certifies orthopedic specialists will use ProPublica's Surgeon Scorecard to help assess the competency of its surgeons, the organization's top administrator said today. The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery will incorporate Scorecard's ratings into its recertification process, in which surgeons are formally re-evaluated every 10 years, Executive Director Dr. Shephard Hurwitz said. Surgeons may also be put on a watch list based on their Scorecard rating, he said. Action won't be taken based on a surgeon's performance in ProPublica's analysis alone, Hurwitz said.
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