Practice Management

Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute added six physicians from Aria Orthopedics, also based in Philadelphia.

Phoenix-based orthopedic group The CORE Institute added pain management specialist Jason R. Sherman, MD, and orthopedic spine surgeon Tajdip Sandhu, MD, to its team.

Orlando, Fla.-based Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic partnered with Clearwave Corp. Patient Information Exchange to launch a patient check-in system at the orthopedic center.

James St. Louis, DO, will now accept Medicare for laser spine procedures.

Phoenix-based OrthoArizona launched its new Foot & Ankle Institute.

The average U.S. orthopedic specialist salary is $497,000, according to the "Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2018." 

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconness Health System cut the ribbon on the Orthopedic and Neuroscience Hospital on the Deaconness Gateway campus in Newburgh, Ind., May 4.

Medscape considered factors impacting physicians' work life as well as those affecting their lives outside their jobs.

UC San Francisco workers are prepping to hold a three-day strike, May 7 to May 9, due to delayed contract negotiations with the university system, the San Francisco Examiner reports.

Within the past week, Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial University Medical Center laid off 85 employees, WTVM reports.