Orthopedic

Healthgrades recently published its Specialty Excellence Awards, recognizing several facilities for top-line care.

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute is shaking up its leadership team with four key appointments since January:

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has appointed Michelle Caird, MD, chair of its orthopedic surgery department, effective May 1.

Thomas Graham, MD, a hand surgeon and former chief innovation officer at Cleveland Clinic, has joined the leadership team at Kettering (Ohio) Health.

The U.S. The Attorney's Office reached a settlement with Springfield, Mass.-based New England Orthopedic Surgeons amid allegations the practice turned away patients with opioid use disorder for total joint replacements.

Expansions are rife within the orthopedic industry in 2021. Here are four $100 million projects in the works that involve orthopedic groups:

Cheektowaga, N.Y.-based Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus is making outpatient orthopedic surgery a priority after it discharged its final COVID-19 patient May 18, ABC affiliate WKBW reports.

The Florida Orthopaedic Association is among the physician organizations calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto a bill that would enumerate rights of parents related to healthcare and education, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reports.

Bruce Thomas, owner of Germantown, Md.-based Pinnacle Orthopedic Services, an orthotic and prosthetic reseller and service provider, pleaded guilty May 14 to bribery of a public official, CBS Baltimore reports.

Consolidation continues to be a strategic option for orthopedic practices looking to maintain independence. Here are five mergers announced this year, including two that formed entities with at least 100 physicians: