Practice Management

Chesterton, Ind.-based Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute recently appointed Dale Ingram as CEO.

With a $500,000 county grant, Insight Surgical Hospital is converting a vacant hospital into an 80-bed overflow facility for COVID-19 cases, according to ClickOnDetroit.

Omaha-based OrthoNebraska is teaming with the Omaha Metro Health Care Coalition to gather and disinfect masks for healthcare facilities and first responders during the coronavirus pandemic, the Omaha World-Herald reports.

Clearwater-based Florida Spine Institute and its surgery center is laying off 62 employees and suspending operations due to mounting economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.  

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth, a privately-held digital healthcare partner, named Scott Martin southwest regional president on April 14.

As the Ohio Economic Recovery Task Force examines ways to reopen businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, orthopedic surgeons are pushing for elective surgery and physical therapy to start up again, according to a Fox 28 report.

A private Kansas hospital specializing in spinal fusion procedures recently closed its doors and terminated all employees, KCUR reports.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of healthcare providers have shifted to telehealth and telemedicine to provide care for their patients and ensure the safety of their staff.

Google now allows physicians to enter a "virtual care offering" option into their business profiles so users searching for certain types of care can sign up for telehealth options directly.

Here are five spine and orthopedic partnerships that Becker's Spine Review has reported on in the past month: