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St. Marys, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare plans to invest some $111 million to expand the system's presence in Clearfield, Pa., and DuBois, Pa., Gant News reports.

The Medicrea Group posted 16.1 million euros — about $18.1 million — in first half 2019 sales, down 5 percent year over year.

Revenues from Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system could reach $1.5 billion by 2021, according to a Trefis market research report.

After residents filed a lawsuit to prevent Akron, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic's proposed 160,000-square-foot, $70 million orthopedic clinic, the orthopedic group is seeking approval for a backup site, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

With practice administrator Tom Steltenkamp planning to retire within five years, Ellis & Badenhausen Orthopaedics named a new executive director.

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and recent Relative Value Scale Update Committee recommendations "significantly" overestimate hip and knee replacement operating times, according to a 2019 study published in HealthAffairs.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Erdin III, MD, joined Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, W.Va., according to WVNews.

The global orthopedic surgical robots market will be valued at more than $4.1 billion by the end of 2029, according to a Persistence Market Research report.

Wellington Hsu, MD, Clifford C. Raisbeck Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and director of research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, sees great promise in robotic technology and artificial intelligence to improve spine care.

New York-based private equity firm Kohlberg & Company invested in Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic Neurosurgery Specialists, a three-location multispecialty group.