Practice Management

Rupert, Idaho-based Minidoka Memorial Hospital has opened a new orthopedic and imaging facility, according to a Feb. 25 report from Idaho News 6.

Orthopedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana relocated to a new location in Munster.

Honolulu-based Excel Neurosurgery & Spine inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Seoul, South Korea-based Harrison Spinartus Hospital.

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System has officially completed an affiliation with The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care, also in Bend. 

Tomball, Texas-based Advanced Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, an affiliate of OrthoLoneStar, will relocate to a new, 17,452-square-foot medical office building near the Legent North Houston Surgical Hospital.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health plans to open Dignity Health Sports Medicine in Prescott Valley, Ariz., at the end of the month, according to a Feb. 20 report from Signals AZ.

From new facility openings to a practice merger, here are five orthopedic practice moves happening in the Midwest, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 8:

Total joint replacements are seeing a large outpatient migration, and its growth can be accelerated by ASC investment and payer interest, Jonathan Foret, MD, said.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Peachtree Orthopedics has opened a new facility in Braselton, Ga., according to a Feb. 18 report from BraseltonNewsToday. 

For Steven Poletti, MD, joining Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health was a move that is strengthening an existing relationship.