Practice Management

Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System opened its new musculoskeletal center Sept. 14, according to The Tifton Gazette.

Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, Minn., acquired Brainerd-based Northern Orthopedics, according to the Brainerd Dispatch.

Jason Snibbe, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who founded his practice, Snibbe Orthopedics, in Los Angeles and serves as an orthopedic consultant for the Los Angeles Lakers, Sparks and Kings.

Tampa-based Florida Orthopaedic Institute formed Orthopaedic Solutions 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.

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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…