Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics is expanding its physician team with two orthopedic surgeons specializing in joint replacement and upper-extremity care. Nicholas Pagani, MD, will begin seeing patients in early September as a hip and knee replacement surgeon. He joins…
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Indianapolis-based Riley Children’s Health opened a new Orthopedics and Sports Medicine suite at IU Health Fishers (Ind.), expanding pediatric orthopedic services and adding same-day walk-in care. The location offers walk-in care from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday…
A Chicago-based podiatry practice and its owner have been named in a joint federal and state civil complaint alleging they submitted more than $5.2 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid by billing under other physicians’ names after the…
A pickup truck crashed into Orthopedic & Wellness in Waldorf, Md., Aug. 17, prompting the office to close for the remainder of the day, according to an Aug.17 Southern Maryland News Net report. Police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded…
American healthcare has spent decades asking how much healthcare costs. We have devoted far less attention to an equally important question: What clinical value are we buying with those dollars? In a recent Washington Examiner commentary, I asked a straightforward…
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Spine and orthopedic groups are continuing to expand their outpatient footprints as more procedures migrate from hospitals to ASCs. Recent openings and planned projects stretch from Florida to Wisconsin, while some of the country’s largest orthopedic groups are building additional…
Orlando, Fla.-based Optimotion Orthopaedics has opened a location in Jacksonville, Fla., marking its entry into Northeast Florida, according to an Aug. 10 WJXT report. The practice offers ambulatory total joint replacement, lateral approach total knee replacement and anterior robotic hip…
DISC Surgery Center at Walnut Creek (Calif.), formerly known as Pinnacle Surgery Center, has permanently closed as of Aug. 1, according to a notice posted on the facility’s website. No reason for the closure was provided. Patients seeking copies of…
CMS’ decision to phase out the inpatient-only list could reshape how surgery itself is approached. However, according to two orthopedic and spine surgeons who have built their careers around the shift to outpatient surgery, eliminating the list does not have…
Orthopedic practices across the South are steadily adding locations, with both independent groups and major health systems expanding their regional footprints. Here are five recent orthopedic practice openings to know, as reported by Becker’s since July 15: