Orthopedic

The Association of American Colleges has awarded orthopedic surgeon Cato Laurencin, MD, PhD, with the 2020 Herbert W. Nickens Award.

From a new bundled payment initiative to an orthopedic practice expanding into Florida, here are eight orthopedic partnerships Becker's Spine Review has reported on in the past month:

Joe Cooper, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at DOCS Spine + Orthopedics in Los Angeles.

Lynchburg-based OrthoVirginia was voted The Best Orthopedic Practice in 2020 by readers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, according to results published Oct. 12.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons who were reported as joining new practices this week:

Orthopedic oncologist and joint replacement surgeon Joel Sorger, MD, joined Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in September, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.

Orthopedic surgeon Mark Jones, MD, was appointed in September to the board of directors of Hanger Inc., a provider of orthotic and prosthetic products.

CMS and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' registry program will collaborate on a model year four Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Program.

Two orthopedic surgeons who aren't included in The Steadman Clinic's acquisition of OrthoAspen plan to compete head-to-head with the combined venture, according to The Aspen Times.

Al Gross, MD, has raised more than $14 million in his race for the U.S. Senate, $9.1 million of which has been raised since July 1, Anchorage Daily News reports.