Orthopedic

Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute opened a practice inside Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla. The practice is anchored by orthopedic surgeons Kevin Cox, MD, Jose Torres, MD, and Jacob Cox, MD, according to an Oct. 13 news release…

Frontive, a procedural management platform, and LainaHealth, a virtual medical practice, have partnered to integrate virtual physical therapy and patient-reported outcome measure collection into a platform for health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and surgical practices.  The partnership will make LainaHealth’s…

Cleveland-based University Hospitals is opening a sports medicine and orthopedic clinic at the Cleveland Browns’ CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio. The new UH Drusinsky Sports Medicine Institute location will serve Browns players and community patients, including youth, collegiate and…

Health and care platform Transcarent has partnered with OrthoForum Value Network to expand access to orthopedic care through more than 160 independent practices across 47 states. The partnership connects Transcarent members with a network representing more than 12,000 clinicians, offering…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has opened an orthopedic injury center in Dunmore, Pa., after a February fire damaged Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City (Pa.), according to an Oct. 12 report by ABC affiliate WNEP.  The LVHN Injury Center is…

Two decades ago, a patient having a hip or knee replacement could expect to spend three to five days in the hospital. Today, some go home within hours of surgery, a shift driven by a series of clinical and technical…

As private equity firms and health systems keep buying physician and orthopedic practices, some independent groups are choosing to combine with each other instead of selling.  In September, Winchester, Va.-based Winchester Orthopaedic Associates, a division of Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics,…

Surgical treatment accounts for 79% of allegations in orthopedic malpractice claims, according to a malpractice risk review from The Doctors Company, physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. The analysis, published Oct. 1, includes 2,483 orthopedics claims from 2010 to 2025. Claims can…

Tampa, Fla.-based Orthopaedic Solutions Management named Jason McClair COO. Mr. McClair brings more than 20 years of healthcare operations and leadership experience. He most recently served as group vice president of operations at Innovative Renal Care, where he led operations…

Nicholas Grosso, MD, has watched Medicare pay for orthopedic surgeons erode for most of his private practice career. Now, he said, independent practices are running out of ways to absorb it.  “It’s death by 1,000 slow cuts, and so the…