Practice Management

Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics opened the OrthoDIRECT West clinic in West Warwick, R.I., The Kent County Daily Times reports.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network began offering orthopedic services Sept. 10 at Lehigh Valley Health Network Health Center at Richland Township in Quakertown, Pa., according to The Morning Call.

Hartford, Conn.-based St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center and an orthopedic surgeon group will begin construction on an orthopedic and pain management ambulatory surgery center Sept. 21 in Hartford, HartfordBusiness.com reports.

Although many specialties within physician services have seen years of private equity consolidation, PE firms are now setting their sights on new areas within physician services.. Over the past 18 months, private equity firms have begun investing in new specialties…

A former nurse at Nashville, Tenn.-based Hughston Orthopedic Clinic at TriStar Centennial allegedly wrote more than 100 prescriptions for pain killers for herself in three years, according to a KREM 2 report.

While the ACA Medicaid expansion has increased overall access to surgical care, it has not increased complex surgical procedure use at high volume hospitals among low-income and minority patients, according to a study in the Journal of the American College…

Rockville, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers shut the doors on all of its North Carolina-based offices Sept. 14 due to Hurricane Florence.

Women make up 6.5 percent of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons members, according to an article in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

The Joint Commission and CDC came out with new infection control resources for podiatry, orthopedic and pain management settings.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital is constructing a new neurosciences center, according to LMT online.