Practice Management

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:

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health has acquired the Paducah-based Orthopedic Institute of Western Kentucky, according to a Jan. 10 report from NBC affiliate WPSD.

Orchard Park, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine's expansions at its Buffalo (N.Y.) Surgery Center and Niagara Falls and Elma, N.Y., sites have boosted the system's revenue to over $100 million for the first time ever, according to a Jan.…

Jackson-based West Tennessee Bone & Joint Clinic is rebranding as it hits its 50th anniversary, changing its name to West Tennessee Bone & Joint Institute, according to a Jan. 9 report from WNWS.