Despite early success in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced program for total hip and knee replacement, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute withdrew from the initiative because of concerns around target price methodology and financial penalties.
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Hickory, N.C.-based Frye Regional Medical Center celebrated the opening of FryeCare Orthopedics & Neurosurgery on June 1.
A neurological surgeon serving as the chief medical officer at Spinal Simplicity and four other medtech company leaders to know:
Cato Laurencin, MD, PhD, earned the American Orthopaedic Association's Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics award and entered the society's Hall of Fame on June 15.
Nancy Yen Shipley, MD, debuted the Bear anterior cruciate ligament implant in the Portland, Ore., region, NBC affiliate KGW reported June 16.
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Jonathon Forbes, MD, recently returned from a trip to Ukraine, where he was treating those wounded during Russian attacks, Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati reported June 15.
Boston-based Mass General Brigham has appointed Augustus Mazzocca, MD, its first medical director of sports medicine.
Mission (Texas) Regional Medical Center began using biometric patient-specific hip implants for joint replacements, the Rio Grande Guardian reported June 16.
Taylor Mathis, MD, recently completed the first Stryker InSpace subacromial balloon in the northern half of Mississippi.
Exer Labs, a digital health company, added three orthopedic surgeons from Colorado to its team of advisers.