Practice Management

The Brain and Spine Institute at UConn Health officially opened its doors on April 29 in Farmington, Conn., down the street from UConn Health's main campus. 

Bon Secours Piedmont Orthopedics has opened its sixth location in Greenville, S.C., and will specialize in treating spine and hand issues, according to an April 28 report from the Greenville Journal. 

A 400,000-square-foot, 30-story medical office building in New York City, where the Hospital for Special Surgery will be a tenant, has been topped out, according to an April 26 report from Commercial Property Executive.

Los Angeles-based Commons Clinic is investing $9.75 million in Marina Orthopedic & Spine Institute in the same city.

Some independent orthopedic groups will join a management service organization or a health system to support themselves. 

Lexington-based University of Kentucky has broken ground on a $781 million project that will house its comprehensive spine center, according to an April 25 report from NPR affiliate WUKY. 

Fort Myers-based Orthopedic Specialists of SW Florida has completed construction on its new, 60,000-square-foot medical office building and corporate headquarters. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Commonwealth Pain & Spine has partnered with Woodward Development and Construction to open an ASC in Evansville, Ind., according to an April 24 report from the TriState Homepage.

The FTC voted April 23 to ban noncompete agreements in employment, a move that has yielded mixed reaction from spine surgeons.

Peora, Ill.-based OSF Health signed a clinical co-management agreement with OrthoMidwest, according to an announcement in WCMY.