Orthopedic practices are resuming elective surgeries with heightened safety protocols to protect patients and staff from COVID-19.
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For most physicians, practice finances were either stable or improved in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the "91st Annual Medical Economics Physician Report."
Cleveland Clinic is resuming outpatient surgeries, procedures and appointments paused during the COVID-19 pandemic at its clinics in Ohio and Florida, TimesReporter.com reports.
Deal-making is on the horizon for KKR, the parent company of Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare, according to Bloomberg.
Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) plans to build a $1 billion outpatient surgery and medical campus in Hamburg, Ky., for which it will receive up to $12.7 million in tax breaks over 20 years, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
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Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital on May 7 partnered with Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare to develop a $35 million rehab facility for spinal cord injury and other neurologic conditions, Tampa Business Journal reports.
Las Cruces (N.M.) Orthopaedic Associates will shut down permanently May 11 as a result of "unforeseen circumstances" potentially tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice announced May 4.
Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery in Vail, Colo., on May 4 was named the 2020 American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives "Practice of the Year," Vail Daily reports.
The U.S. needs to perform 900,000 COVID-19 tests per day to safely phase out social distancing measures, according to projections released May 7 by Harvard's Global Health Institute.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Physicians Group is opening an orthopedic clinic at Parkview DeKalb Hospital in Auburn, Ind., May 18, The Star reports.