Author: Staff

Blue Cross of Philadelphia has issued a policy update that requires a physiatrist to attest that a patient failed conservative treatment prior to lumbar spinal fusions.

The pandemic is accelerating outpatient orthopedics and total joint replacements, and payers have taken notice.

Mary I. O'Connor, MD, is the first director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Care at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and a professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine.

Francine Norman, BSN, RN, was promoted to serve as practice administrator of Illinois Pain Institute and Barrington (Ill.) Pain and Spine Institute.

Three individuals retiring from orthopedic practice and/or leadership roles:

Andrew Chen, MD, will join East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics Sept. 1.

Ed White, MD, is retiring at the end of August after a 35-year career in orthopedic surgery, according to the Boothbay Register.

The effects of the pandemic and subsequent elective surgery bans across the U.S. highlighted the need for flexibility and practice models and the advantages of economies of scale.

Flagstaff (Ariz.) Bone & Joint is adding a foot and ankle surgeon to its team.

Scott Heithoff, DO, is now offering anterior hip replacement for select patients at Orthopedic Associates of Port Huron (Mich.).