Orthopedic

Here are more than forty of the largest independent orthopedic practices in the U.S., ranked by the number of physicians on staff, including 14 practices with more than 100 physicians. 

Mark McNemar, DO, was named president of Mercy Clinic Joplin (Mo.), The Joplin Globe reported Feb. 18.

Rochester, N.Y.-based UR Medicine has completed the construction of its $240 million orthopedic campus at Marketplace Mall, ABC affiliate WHAM reported Feb. 17.

Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, are the most expensive cities in the U.S. to undergo total knee replacement surgery, according to Healthcare Bluebook, a patient resource for finding affordable care. Meanwhile, the least expensive cities to have the procedures include…

The CDC on Feb. 10 proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioids painkillers that remove previously recommended ceilings for chronic pain patients, leaving physicians to call the shots. 

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board fined and reprimanded an orthopedic surgeon who operated on the wrong knee of a patient at Bristol Hospital in 2018, The Bristol Press reported Feb. 16.

Many orthopedic surgeons are involved with research alongside their clinical practices. Andrew Bush, MD, of Central Carolina Orthopaedic Associates in Sanford, N.C., is using his research to explore a new fracture treatment in private practices.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock received a $1 million gift from alumnus Mark Harriman, MD.

Charles Day, MD, performed Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System's second total wrist replacement, NBC affiliate WILX reported Feb. 15.

Orthopedic surgeon Mark Stephen Wilson, MD, agreed to pay $342,750 to resolve allegations that he accepted illegal kickbacks from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy, according to a Feb. 15 news release from the U.S. attorney's office.