Practice Management

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush shifted to delivering telemedicine at the practice on March 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Surgeons also postponed non-urgent surgery to make sure caregivers at the front lines had the resources necessary to care for COVID-19…

Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute reopened most of its 11 locations as of April 27, coinciding with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's executive order allowing the resumption of elective surgeries.

As the U.S. eyes plans to reopen society, states are taking the lead on specifics of what can reopen and when.

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas on April 27 recognized DHR Health as a Blue Distinction Center+ for spine surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip surgeries, the Progress Times reports.

CMS has suspended advance Medicare payments to Part B suppliers, including physicians, other medical professionals and durable medical equipment suppliers, and is reevaluating accelerated payments to hospitals. 

There have been five big orthopedic and spine practice mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2020.

Big Thunder Orthopedics in Ontario, Canada, is offering a nasal photodisinfection technology to protect staff from contracting COVID-19.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals recently opened an orthopedic facility in Oberlin, Ohio.

Jason Scalise, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Phoenix-based The CORE Institute and vice chairman of its management company HOPCo, outlines the practice's main considerations as it prepares for elective surgeries to return.

Texas Back Institute in Plano is preparing for elective spine surgeries and pain injections to resume in the state.