Orthopedic

Virginia Beach, Va.-based Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2019, The Hampton Roads Business Journal reports.

The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons strongly opposes legislation that would impose government-set payment benchmarks to address surprise medical bill disputes, saying it would threaten "the independent practice of medicine."

Here are five orthopedic surgeons making the news.

Manny Sethi, MD, discussed his plans for healthcare change in an interview with TimesNews.

Tri Orthopedics recorded its 100th joint replacement within a year of launching its total joint program, according to the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

With practice administrator Tom Steltenkamp planning to retire within five years, Ellis & Badenhausen Orthopaedics named a new executive director.

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and recent Relative Value Scale Update Committee recommendations "significantly" overestimate hip and knee replacement operating times, according to a 2019 study published in HealthAffairs.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Erdin III, MD, joined Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, W.Va., according to WVNews.

The Arthroscopy Association of North America named orthopedic surgeon Steven Wertheim, MD, of Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics a Distinguished Arthroscopy Leader, reports Cobb Business Journal.

James P. Bradley, MD, will be the fourth alumnus of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program to become president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.