Practice Management

Here are 11 hospitals, health systems and private practices expanding their spine and neurosurgery programs in March:

General surgery is no more at Skokie (Ill.) Hospital, instead the facility will focus on orthopedic and spine care, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance is using MyHealthDirect's care-coordination platform to improve patient care.

Winfield, Ill.-based Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group selected orthopedic sports medicine surgeons Sanjeev Bhatia, MD, and Brian Chilelli, MD, to co-direct its new Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center, the Daily Herald reports.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic expanded its Mankato, Minn.-based facility, local news affiliate KEYC reports.

Neurosurgeon James Kevin Kaufman, MD, opened a clinic in Plano, Texas.

UnitedHealthcare will expand BPCI Bundled Payments to include Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in 2020.

Several orthopedic groups have expanded in the past three months.

Hope Orthopedics of Oregon expanded its location in Keizer, Ore.

Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute opened a physical therapy clinic in Palatine, Ill.