Practice Management

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.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute elected M. Kathleen Donald to serve as chief marketing officer.

Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth entered into a partnership with Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute, Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and 14 individual physicians to acquire the Blue Bell Surgery Center in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

The Association of American Medical Colleges surveyed U.S. medical school deans on enrollment.

Gainesville, Fla.-based The Orthopaedic Institute made several changes to its executive leadership team.

Sherry Young, EdD, was experiencing chronic pain in her left foot. To manage the pain, an orthopedic surgeon at Oklahoma University Medical Center in Oklahoma City recommended surgery, according to NPR.