Practice Management

Gainesville, Fla.-based Orthopedic Care Partners has added an Arizona-based multispecialty orthopedic practice to its platform.

Pressure is mounting against plans for an orthopedic hospital in Delray Beach, Fla., and Palm Beach County commissioners are set to vote on it July 22.

U.S. Orthopaedic Partners struck its third deal in July and added North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic in Florence.

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end…

Spine surgeons are finding it increasingly difficult to get commercial payers to pay for spine-related inpatient services, and changing preauthorization hurdles continue to plague the specialty.

Daniel Bohl, MD, will join Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in September, according to a July 20 announcement from the practice.

Chalfont-based Pennsylvania Pain and Spine Institute will have a new physician join in August, according to a July 20 news release.

More private equity firms have been entering the orthopedic field, which presents lucrative financial opportunities because of the higher-acuity procedures associated with the specialty and the increasing population of older Americans who need them.

A Florida practice upgrading its space and four more orthopedic centers to know:

Southern Illinois Hand Center in Effingham, Ill., will join Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center on Aug. 2, according to Effingham Daily News.