Orthopedic

Indianapolis-based IU Health and Methodist Health Group filed a lawsuit with the Southern District of Indiana on Nov. 1 accusing an orthopedic sports medicine practice of trademark infringement.

Jim Scott, MD, who founded Georgia Sports Medicine in Tifton, is retiring, the Albany Herald reported Nov. 8.

More medical students have applied for orthopedic surgery residencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they had more research items compared to past years, according to a study from Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.

The chief of shoulder surgery at Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Medical Center, and nine other orthopedic surgeons to know:

The new CEO of a medical technology company and four more orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or assumed new titles in October:

Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital has named Michael Wilson, MD, as its chief medical officer, FingerLakes1.com reported Nov. 6.

Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague, Minn., has begun offering neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery as it nears completion of a $4.5 million surgical expansion, KEYC News reported Nov. 5.

Arrowhead Orthopaedics in Redlands, Calif., was nominated for a Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award by the Inland Empire Center of Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.

On Jan. 1, 2021, in accordance with the 2021 OPPS/ASC final rule, CMS removed 298 codes, including 266 musculoskeletal-related services, from the inpatient-only list, which it had proposed to gradually phase out by 2024.

Although some surgeons see patient-specific orthopedic implants as a step forward in joint care, others say they're a marketing ploy with flaws.