Practice Management

Spine surgery is one of the big opportunities for value-based care to affect quality of care and cost to the healthcare system.

Humana expanded access to its value-based care bundled payment model for Humana Medicare Advantage payments for joint replacement procedures to 13 new orthopedic groups across the country.

The CORE Institute in Phoenix welcomed eight new orthopedic surgeons to its provider team.

Lancaster (Pa.) NeuroScience & Spine Associates sold two of its practices, according to Central Penn Business Journal.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute continued its growth this year by adding five New York-based surgeons to its soon-to-open practice location in Montvale, N.J.

Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway (Ark.) and Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences opened The UAMS and Baptist Health-Conway (Ark.) Orthopedic Clinic.

A former employee was not sentenced to prison, but rather given probation, after stealing more than $10,000 from Columbus, Ga.-based St. Francis Hospital's orthopedic clinic, according to the Ledger-Enquirer.

Tampa-based Florida Orthopaedic Institute opened a new, larger location in Brandon, Fla.

Health Affairs reported consolidation among California's healthcare system has led to higher healthcare prices, according to the American Journal of Managed Care.

Rockford-based OrthoIllinois opened its new Algonquin (Ill.) Injury Express clinic Sept. 4, according to Northwest Herald.