Practice Management

The cloud of CMS pay cuts and payer struggles looms over orthopedic practices as the new year is in full swing.

Rothman Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Bensalem, Pa., was ranked as one of the cleanest by CMS' Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health has finalized its planned acquisition of Paducah-based Orthopedic Institute of Western Kentucky, according to a Jan. 20 report from the Times Leader.

Columbia (Mo.) Orthopaedic Group added podiatry on Jan. 1 when Robert "Scott" Foster, DPM, joined the practice.

The Brain and Spine Institute at UConn Health in West Hartford is gradually opening its new building in Farmington, Conn. 

Woodbury, Minn.-based Summit Orthopedics is planning to begin construction on a new facility in Plymouth, Minn., at a formal Prudential Insurance campus, according to a Jan. 17 report from Finance & Commerce.

Yonkers, N.Y.-based Saint Joseph's Medical Center has added Southern Westchester Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and its orthopedic surgeons David Lent, MD, and Eric Spencer, MD, to its network, according to a Jan. 15 report from the Bronx Times.

Leawood-based Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute has named Gene Austin as CEO, succeeding Charles Rhoades, MD, Kansas City Business Journal reported Jan. 12.

Westfield, N.J.-based Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine has opened its fifth facility in Morristown, N.J., according to a Jan. 11 report from Tap Into Morristown.

Here are 10 orthopedic practice openings, acquisitions, mergers and partnerships that Becker's has reported on since Dec. 11: