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The $29 million Orthopaedic Center at Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, Wash., has opened, according to a Central Kitsap Reporter report.

Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine will open its new 12,000-square-foot Erlanger, Ky., location on Oct. 1, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

Spine Pain Management launched the second revenue source through "outside" commercial sales of its internally developed Quad Video Halo System.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Research Society sponsored a symposium on fracture prevention research, according to an AAOS Now report.

A study published in Spine recently compared the outcome of anterior cervical decompression and fusion combined with a structured physiotherapy program to the same program without surgery for patients with cervical radiculopathy.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Nap Gary and William M. Prentice, JD, will give a presentation titled "ASC Association – Priorities for 2014."

Pierce Nunley, MD, is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon with board certification from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Board of Spine Surgery. He practices at Spine Institute of Louisiana and serves as an assistant professor in the department…

A survey from athenahealth details how independent physicians feel accountable care organizations will impact the quality of care, profitability and amount of effort it requires to get paid.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid reported in Health Affairs that national health spending is expected to grow 5.8 percent annually through 2022.

In a Physicians Practice report, Karen Zupko, president of KarenZupko & Associates and Cheryl Toth, a KZA consultant and writer, discuss seven practices for tightening cash controls, which will help reduce financial risk and medical practice embezzlement.