Practice Management

Albany, N.Y.-based Bone & Joint Center promoted director of operations Tracy Lis to chief operating officer.

Declining CMS rates have been a concern among physicians across the board, and spine surgeons are thinking about implications for the future of patient care as well as strategies to stay afloat. 

Grand Rapids Township, Mich.-based Corewell Health is opening a new $85 million orthopedic center in October, according to a Sept. 26 report from M Live.

Louisville, Ky.-based Commonwealth Pain and Spine has broken ground on an ASC in Elizabethtown, Ky., according to a Sept. 26 report from The News-Enterprise.

Austin (Texas) Regional Clinic Bee Cave has added orthopedic sports and musculoskeletal medicine services, according to a Sept. 25 report from Community Impact.

David Fitzgerald, CEO of OrthoNY in Albany, is excited about the potential that strong partners can bring to independent physician practices.

Archbold Medical Group is opening a new orthopedic surgery practice in Thomasville, Ga., according to a Sept. 23 report from the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.

Newman-based Georgia Bone & Joint has held a ribbon cutting for its new LaGrange, Ga.-based facility, according to a Sept. 19 report from The LaGrange Daily News.

As walk-in and orthopedic urgent care facilities have gained traction at practices nationwide, Los Angeles-based UCLA Health has opened its own Santa Monica, Calif.-based facility. 

Some healthcare companies are dedicated to providing urgent care for a range of injuries. But more practices and health systems are capitalizing on in-house orthopedic-specific walk-in services.