Practice Management

Here are four orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

CMS revealed pharmaceutical and medical device companies paid physicians in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware $148 million in 2016, according to Philadelphia Business Journal.

Medical students continue to graduate with higher debt totals. A recent study found debt for the average public school for nonresident medical students has risen 77.8 percent since 1996.

Fifteen Idaho physicians are collaborating to implement a new healthcare model, according to East Idaho News.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeon leaders to know:

Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute and the Spine Institute at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, both located in Hartford, joined the National Orthopaedic and Spine Alliance, according to hartfordbusiness.com.

SurgCenter Development will open Advanced Surgical Center of Sunset Hills in St. Louis.

A Medscape Medical News poll asked physicians and nurses whether they had ever delayed giving bad news to patients.

Boone, N.C.-based Appalachian Regional Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine is relocating to another location within Boone, effective Dec. 11, according to Go Blue Ridge.

Denver-based Rose Medical Center appointed Ryan Tobin its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 2, according to The Daily Telescope.