Practice Management

Three major companies are banding together to create a new healthcare company.

The Germantown Industrial Development Board awarded Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic an eight-year retention payment-in-lieu-of-taxes for its expansion plan, according to Memphis Daily News.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Borgess Medical Center plans to spend $35 million to expand the Stryker Center, the hospital’s outpatient center, according to Michigan Live.

A new study, published in The Journal of Arthroplasty, compared the anterior approach and posterior approach for primary total hip arthroplasty.

A 2016 CMS analysis conducted by Dexur showed Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center was the highest discharging hospital with the lowest 30-day readmission rate for DRG-460, spinal fusion except cervical without major complications or comorbidity, procedures.

The global telemedicine market is expected to grow from $19.94 billion in 2016 to $54.52 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate of 15.5 percent from 2017 to 2023, according to a report by Energias Market Research.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

On Jan. 24, the U.S. voted to confirm Alex Azar as HHS secretary, according to Reuters.

Winnipeg, Canada-based Seven Oaks General Hospital will shut down its trauma orthopedic surgery program later this year despite having the best surgical outcomes in the Manitoba province, the Winnipeg Sun reports.

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute, the largest orthopedic group in Northwest Indiana, aligned with Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health.