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The Joint Commission awarded Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett (Tenn.) its Gold Seal of Approval for total hip, total knee and spine surgeries, the hospital announced Jan. 3.

Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute opened a new sports medicine facility Jan. 6, the independent, physician-owned practice announced.

Medicrea gained seven key patents for its UNiD Adaptive Spine Intelligence proprietary software platform from the U.S. Patent Office, the company announced Jan. 6.

Researchers found that Medicare's voluntary bundled payments for joint replacement surgery lowered spending without compromising quality, Health Affairs reports.

Since Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo took the helm in 2012, the company has nearly doubled revenues. Mr. Lobo discussed his strategy at the Chief Executive's Healthcare CEO Summit earlier this month.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery hired Massachusetts General Hospital Chief of Sports Medicine Peter Asnis, MD, to lead the medical team at its campus in Florida.

Milwaukee-based Agnesian HealthCare and its physician group will pay $10 million to settle a whistleblower suit brought by orthopedic surgeon Clark Searle, MD, alleging the health system paid kickbacks and other financial incentives for patient referrals, according to the Fond…

Joseph Park, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Va.

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center acquired Think Surgical's TSolution One Total Knee Application robot for orthopedic surgeons, becoming the first facility in the U.S. to do so, according to a Jan. 3 press release.

Joint preservation and regenerative therapies company Anika Therapeutics acquired a pair of companies in the orthopedic space.