With its lease at St. Thomas Health in Akron, Ohio, ending in December 2020, Crystal Clinic is developing a new orthopedic facility in Fairlawn, Ohio, for $100 million, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.
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Tyler, Texas-based Azalea Orthopedics appointed Anthony Brooks as the new CEO, according to Tyler Morning Telegraph.
Orthopaedic Associates of Zanesville (Ohio) will open a walk-in urgent care service after the sudden closure of Xpress Ortho Care March 7, the Zanesville Times Recorder reports.
With President Donald Trump declaring the opioid crisis as a national epidemic, physicians are turning to alternative pain management solutions to treat patients.
Memphis-based Campbell Clinic began new pain management studies to reduce the number of opioids prescribed to patients, the Memphis Business Journal reports.
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Brian Bizub joined Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic as CEO March 12.
Elective knee and hip replacements may be a significant source of potentially controllable healthcare spending, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article.
Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $93 million expansion project to build an outpatient medical building in West Lawrence, Kan., according to Lawrence Journal-World.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan launched a bundled payment pilot program in the state for total joint replacements.
Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island surgeon Michael Bradley, MD, and anesthesiologist Henry Cabrera, MD, are rolling out a new pathway to curb opioid dependency at South County Health Orthopedics Center in Washington County, R.I.