Orthopedic

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.

Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics locations in Exeter, N.H., and Dover, N.H., were reaccredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission in MRI.

Orthopedic surgeons report an average annual salary of $536,000, according to Merritt Hawkins 2019 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives report.

Andrew Pepper, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, examined the past, present and future of total joint replacements in the Andrews Institutes' newly created video series.

Here are three orthopedic surgeons making the news.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons collaborated with Health eCareers to create an enhanced career center for orthopedic surgeons.

CMS' penalties program didn't significantly cut down on readmissions after it was expanded to include surgical hip and knee replacements in 2013, according to a Health Affairs report.

Value-based care seems to be on every healthcare leader's mind, but many are hesitant to put it into practice.

The federal government has focused on targeting illegal prescribing practices, kickback conspiracy and fraud in 2019.