The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation has appointed Dan Krupp vice president of corporate relations, innovation and partnership development, a newly created role, according to a Jan. 26 news release.
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Chicago-based Granite Creek Capital Partners has invested in implant manufacturer Life Spine.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions on Jan. 26 teamed with private equity-backed U.S. Orthopedic Alliance to support growth initiatives with orthopedic practices nationwide.
Hospital for Special Surgery has appointed Martin Roche, MD, director of hip and knee arthroplasty at HSS Florida in West Palm Beach, where it opened a 60,000-square-foot hospital in January 2020.
Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine is seeking a CEO after former CEO Mike Farrington left the practice for an undisclosed healthcare opportunity in New Jersey on Jan. 22, Hunt Scanlon Media reports.
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Consolidation among orthopedic practices has seen an uptick in the past year, with three mergers in Texas, Florida and Tennessee catching particular attention, each forming supergroups comprising more than 100 physicians:
Burnout continues to be an issue for physicians, with 33 percent of orthopedic surgeons reporting symptoms of burnout last year, according to Medscape's 2021 Physician Burnout Report published Jan. 25.
Recent dropout rates in CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program suggest that participation barriers and retention strategies need to be addressed to have a more significant effect on healthcare cost and quality, according to an article published in the…
Work on a 32,000-square-foot medical office is expected to begin next month adjacent to West Coast Joint and Spine Surgery Center in El Dorado Hills, Calif., the Mountain Democrat reports.
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