Practice Management

Justin Sybesma, MD, an orthopedic trauma surgeon, has joined Lakeland Healthcare in St. Joseph, Mich., according to a South Bend Tribune report.

John King, MD, has joined Summit Healthcare in Show Low, Ariz., according to a White Mountain Independent report.

The Orthopaedic and Spine Institute Medical Centers in San Antonio, Texas, has formed The Steven & Le Ann Cyr Family Charitable Fund in association with The San Antonio Area Foundation in order to distribute money to Christian-based organizations and charities.

Steven Meier, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Calif., performed unicompartmental arthroplasty on a patient at a La Peer Health Systems ambulatory surgery center.

Public and private partners have unanimously approved for the new Vail Valley Medical Office Building to house The Steadman Clinic, Steadman Philippon Research Institute and Howard Head Sports Medicine facilities.

Rockford (Ill.) Orthopedic Associates is constructing an expanded clinic, according to a WREX report.

The number of primary total knee arthroplasty procedures has increased more than 161 percent over the last 20 years, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Orthopedic cases continue to move into surgery centers as CMS updates its list of approved procedures, and anesthesia techniques develop. Here T.K. Miller, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Carilion Clinic Orthopedics and medical director of the Roanoke (Va.) Ambulatory Surgery…

Healthcare spending for people with employer-based insurance rose 4.6 percent in 2011, a significant step up from the 3.8 percent growth rate in 2010, according to a report from the Health Care Cost Institute (pdf).

More than 86 percent of physicians said income in their practices has been flat or declining over the past three years, according to a recent survey from Merritt Hawkins.