Practice Management

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Watauga Orthopaedics is seeking a certificate of need to build an ASC, local news affiliate WJHL.com reports.

Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center partnered with private equity firm Thurston Group Oct. 2, establishing U.S. Orthopedic Partners.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is developing an orthopedic center near the University of Virginia that is the culmination of over a decade of work, local CBS affiliate CBS19 reports.

OrthoArkansas is opening a spine center at its main office in Little Rock in January, Arkansas Business reports.

Sanford Health plans to spend up to $40 million to renovate its orthopedic center at its South University Medical Center in Fargo, N.D., according to an Oct. 9 Inforum report.

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health Systems has branded its $70 million facility set to open in 2021 as Adena Orthopedic and Spine Institute, the Chillicothe Gazette reports. 

Edward-Elmhurst (Ill.) Health has established an orthopedic practice with nine physicians specializing in orthopedic surgery, sports medicine and podiatry.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Cape Coral, Fla., for patients recovering from neurologic and orthopedic conditions, according to Wink News.

Orthopedic surgeons Tomas Pevny, MD, and Mark Purnell, MD, have been recruited to ValleyOrtho's new office in Aspen (Colo.), which is set to open in late fall.

Becker's Spine Review has reported on 12 orthopedic centers that have been opened or announced in the past month: