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Boardman, Ohio-based Doctors Pain Clinic announced Jim Thompson has been named practice administrator.

The Orthopaedic Center at Harrison Silverdale (Wash.) is set to open this month, according to a Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal report.

Mineloa, N.Y.-based The Business of Spine will conduct two webinars for spinal implant representatives.

Zimmer Holdings received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Patient Specific Instruments Shoulder system, which works with its Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder system for reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedures.

Barry Waldman, MD, practices with OrthoMaryland and serves as the director of the Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics. He also serves as the president of the medical staff at Sinai Hospital and…

Kevin Klingele, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has been named the chief of orthopedics at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Timothy Kremchek, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, recently performed elbow surgery on the Cincinnati Reds right-handed relief pitcher Jonathan Broxton, according to a CBS Sports report.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Ann Geier, RN, MS, CNOR, CASC, will give a presentation titled "Inventory Management: Importance of Supply Management & Control."

Some insurance companies have begun using credit cards to reimburse providers, which means steep transaction fees lower the payment below contracted rates, according to a report on American Medical News.

Merge Healthcare, a provider of clinical systems and innovations, has announced the resignation of chairman and director Michael W. Ferro.