Practice Management

A Louisiana-based pain physician who pleaded guilty to committing Medicare fraud was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution.

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Orthopedics has added David A. Propst, DO, and Eric W. Fester, MD, to its medical team, reports Dayton Daily News.

HCA Healthcare-affiliated Oviedo (Fla.) Medical Center opened a spine care center on its campus, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Health opened an orthopedic urgent care center on its main campus, ABC Fox Montana reports.

Suffolk, Va.-based Lakeview Medical Center at Harbour View recently broke ground on a $14 million, 42,000-square-foot medical office building complex with an ambulatory surgery center, the Suffolk News-Herald reports.

Here are two hospitals expanding spine, neurosurgeon programs.

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of Altair Health's first medical center, Altair Health Morristown in N.J., is set to take place on May 30.

From its origins as a single operating room facility to its peak as a national spine-focused orthopedic chain, Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute performed about 100,000 surgical procedures before a rash of lawsuits and cash flow issues eventually caused it…

Long Island, N.Y.-based Central Orthopedic Group, Total Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Orlin & Cohen have extended their walk-in business to meet the rising demand for immediate or off-hour services, reports Newsday.

Beebe Hospital in Rehoboth Beach, Del., broke ground on its new surgical center on May 15, reports WBOC.