Orthopedic

Jeremy Thomas, DO, pleaded guilty to opioid prescription drug conspiracies in five federal cases, according to a Claremore Progress report. 

An orthopedic surgeon will lead Cleveland Clinic's Florida region under a restructuring plan that would begin early next year.

CMS released the Procedure Price Lookup tool, which provides the average payment to ASCs and HOPDs for select procedures. The data also shows the average patient copays without Medicare supplemental insurance.

Total knee replacement surgeries are projected to increase 673 percent to 3.5 million procedures annually by 2030, according to A Nation in Motion, an educational initiative by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Here are five orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

Carson City, Nev.-based Tahoe Fracture and Orthopedic Medical Clinic welcomed orthopedic surgeon Daniel Cepela, MD, according to The Record Courier.

The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium extended its partnership with reputation management software company SocialClimb for three more years.

Clarence L. Shields, Jr., MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.

A study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery took a deeper look into whether overlapping inpatient orthopedic surgeries put patients at a greater risk for complications.

Warrenton, Va.-based Blue Ridge Orthopaedic & Spine Center's Blue Ridge Orthopaedic Foundation raised $55,000 for 25 community-based nonprofit organizations, according to Fauquier Now.