Orthopedic

Dean Maar, MD, a former vice president and board member of OrthoIndy, was shot and killed in his home last week, according to an RTV6 Indianapolis report. 

A Friendswood, Texas-based orthopedic surgeon will pay $300,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to OK Compounding.

Here are five orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week.

OrthoAtlanta Surgery Center in Austell, Ga., partnered with Southern Medical Linen Service to donate its lightly used surgical socks to benefit homeless shelters and local need organizations.

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.) recently welcomed orthopedic surgeon Bryan Smith, MD, to its practice, reports Arkansas Business.

Eric Gordon, MD, returned to Georgia last month to join the orthopedic sports medicine practice at Piedmont Athens (Ga.) Regional's Oconee Health Campus in Watkinsville, reports The Oconee Enterprise.

Here are 13 orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week. 

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Beasley, MD, joined Lincoln Health System in Fayetteville, Tenn., and opened a new practice with the system on Nov. 18, reports the Elk Valley Times. 

Orthopedic surgeons Siddhant Mehta, MD, PhD, and Stephen Rossman, DO, recently joined Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, N.J., according to the Hudson Reporter. 

Episodes of care company Remedy recently partnered with Regence in a value-based program to enhance the cost and quality of care for Regence members.