Practice Management

Daphne, Ala.-based Baldwin Bone & Joint tapped Greg Shoemaker as executive administrator, AL.com reports.

Michael Holte, MD, joined Glenwood, Minn.-based Glacial Ridge Hospital, according to Pope County Tribune.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute partnered with Independence Blue Cross, according to Philly.com.

Regent Surgical Health and 14 physicians opened the Oregon Surgical Institute in Beaverton.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health received unanimous approval from the Public Health Council to continue expanding the Baystate Orthopedic Surgery Center, also in Springfield, according to Mass Live.

Here are five hospitals and health systems expanding spine and neurosurgery programs.

The FDA approved the first non-opioid treatment for opioid withdrawal symptom management in adults.

Phoenix-based The CORE Institute signed a lease to take over the first two stories of the new Mercy Medical Commons II in Gilbert, AZ, according to AZ Big Media.

The New York Police Department swore in orthopedic surgeon Armin Tehrany, MD, as an honorary police surgeon, according to silive.com.

Medical Group Management Association unveiled its 2018 MGMA DataDive Provider Compensation.