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Thomas E. Lynn, MD, will serve as Frisco, Texas-based Conifer Health Solutions' chief medical officer of the Value-Based Care unit.

Specializing in reconstructive spinal surgery, J. Rush Fisher, MD, serves patients in Newark, Del. He performs cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgeries, treating degenerative, traumatic and oncologic spinal conditions.

To provide specialized sports medicine to young athletes in the Kansas City area, Children's Mercy Kansas City and Sporting Kansas City formed a long-term partnership, according to MLS.

The Alliance for Balanced Pain Management held its second National Summit on ways to increase access to integrated pain management.

Richard Buch, MD, performed a total elbow replacement on a 65-year-oldwoman on Nov. 16, 2015, at Dallas Medical Center.

Michael Evans, a former surfer facing his second knee replacement surgery, will be undergoing a more precise treatment, according to ABC News 7.

In an American Academy of Family Physicians and Anthem's Robert Graham Center survey, 90 percent of physicians said they would adopt telemedicine services if they were reimbursed for their services, according to Healthcare DIVE.

Between 2009 and 2013, the rate of hospital readmissions after hip and knee replacement surgery drastically fell for Medicare patients, according to an AARP Public Policy report, according to Forbes.

Patrick Kelly, DO, opened up his new practice this week in Andalusia, Ala., according to The Andalusia Star-News.

Specializing in general orthopedics and sports medicine, Robert J. D'Agostini, Jr., MD, practices at Tri-County Orthopedics in Bedminster Township, N.J. He has practiced medicine in New Jersey for the last 15 years.