Practice Management

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Youngstown, Ohio-based ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital will reopen the newly renovated orthopedic and nursing floor this week, according to a report from The Vidicator.

Cadence Health in Winfield, Ill., will pay $75 million for OAD Orthopedics, a group of suburban Chicago orthopedic surgeons.

Office space inside the New Balance headquarters in Brighton, Mass., will now feature ProSports Orthopedics and the Spaulding Outpatient Center Brighton as part of what officials say will eventually be a health and wellness district, according to Boston.com.

Twin Cities Orthopedics, based in Minneapolis, has launched a new surgical and recovery program called Excel, designed to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs.

Miami, Fla.-based Hampton Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center opened its Spine and Orthopedic Rehab Center, according to The Jewish Press.

George Paletta, MD, is proposing an orthopedic-driven surgery center be built in Chesterfiled, Mo., but his initiative is being met by resistance from area hospital executives, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Holland (Mich.) Hospital has begun constructing a $10 million expansion for a new orthopedic, spine and neurosurgery unit, according to a Michigan Live report.

Wade Jensen, MD, of CNOS in Dakota Dunes, S.D., has agreed to provide services through Specialty Clinic at Cherokee (S.D.) Regional Medical Center, according to a report from the Chronicle Times.

Orthopedic surgeon Karl Hubbard, MD, joined Natchez Medical Foundation Orthopedic Sports and Rehabilitation Practice, according to a report from the Natchez Democrat.