Watson Clinic in Lakeland, Fla., is furloughing more than 388 employees and cutting senior administrators' pay to push through the challenging financial period caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.
Practice Management
Leawood, Kan.-based Muve Health, a value-based outpatient total joint replacement provider, recently opened its first facility in Philadelphia.
The Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance's 506 employees have been sidelined since March 23, when Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order barring nonessential procedures during the COVID-19 crisis, Nashville Business Journal reports.
Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital recently transitioned into a facility to treat non-coronavirus patients, the Boston Herald reports.
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is releasing a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test it expects will be available in a few weeks.
Advertisement
The Spine and Orthopedic Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., is using telemedicine to continue seeing patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Santa Barbara News-Press reports.
Hinsdale (Ill.) Orthopaedic Associates merged with Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute on April 3.
Scientists at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., are focusing on developing a quicker and more efficient way to test people for the novel coronavirus.
Appalachian Orthopedics in Bristol, Tenn., decided to keep its practice open to offer orthopedic urgent care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio's clinics are still open, but misinformation and a state order have dampened patient volumes, according to the San Antonio Express-News.