Practice Management

Orthopedic surgeons Orie Kaltenbaugh, MD, and Joel Cleary, MD, have joined Fremont (Neb.) Area Medical Center, according to a Fremont Tribune report.

Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic plans to open a sports performance and rehabilitation center, according to a report from the Athens Banner-Herald.

George Paletta, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the St. Louis Cardinals, has been granted permission from the city to expand his orthopedic practice into Chesterfield Valley, according to a Patch report.

Doulas J. Seip, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has joined Mesa View Regional Hospital and Mesa View Medical Group in Mesquite, Nev., according to a Mesquite Citizen Journal report.

Here are the top payors as reported by physicians in the Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2011, by dollars collected and patient visits.

Knoxville (Tenn.) Orthopaedic Clinic has joined Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance in Nashville and Campbell Clinic in Memphis for a bundled payment agreement with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, according to a Knox News report.

Here are 17 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation in 2011 based on the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2012.

According to Medscape's Orthopedist Lifestyle Report 2012, 23 percent of orthopedic surgeons take more than four weeks of vacation per year while 29 percent have less than two weeks of vacation annually. When they are on vacation, orthopedic surgeons have…

P. Christopher Cook, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in treating pediatric patients, recently joined the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Golisano Children's Hospital.

Van Wahlgren, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Banner Health's Ogallala (Neb.) Community Hospital and Ogallala Medical Group.