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Title: Orthopedic Destination Centers: A Model for Future Success Under Healthcare Reform

Section 6003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 (H.R. 3590) makes a change to the "in-office ancillary services" exception to the Stark physician self-referral law that impacts physician practices providing certain radiology services in their…

R. Michael Gross, MD, a shoulder specialist at GIKK Ortho Specialists in Omaha, Neb., describes his current professional goals.

Podiatrist Emanuel Haber, MD, owner of The Foot and Ankle Center of New Jersey in Paramus, is featured on NorthJersey.com, the online edition of The Record and The Herald News, for his acquisition of the Noveon Laser.

Podiatrist James Kutchback, DPM, and primary care sports medicine specialist Alysia Robichau, MD, have joined Memorial Hermann Medical Group in Woodlands, Texas, according to a Woodlands Hospital news release.

Joshua P. Naudad, MD, and Colleen E. Glisson, MD, both orthopedic surgeons, have joined Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in St. Louis, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Methodist Hospital System in Houston is expanding the Texas Medical Center's sports medicine program to provide surgical services, rehabilitation, injury prevention and athletic training, according to a report by The Houston Chronicle.

As the head team physician for the Houston Texans National Football League team, the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association team and the University of Houston, Walter R. Lowe, MD, certainly has a wide range of experience in treating athletes.

Mark Maffet, MD, a sports medicine physician, has joined the staff at Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists in Houston, according to a Fort Bend Now news report.

Professional football players sidelined as a result of ACL injuries are not likely to experience a full recovery or return to play (RTP), especially if the players are less experienced or drafted after the fourth round, according to research published…