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CMS and commercial payers are trending toward bundled payments as the healthcare industry shifts from fee for service toward value-based care, while the notion of a single-payer system continues to be tossed around but is unlikely to become a reality…

Orthopedic surgeon Brian Cole, MD, operated on the knee of Portland Trail Blazers forward Joe Ingles' Feb. 23, the NBA said.

In the last 60 days, three NHL players have undergone major orthopedic surgeries.

FC Dallas midfielder Nicky Hernandez had surgery on his leg at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery in Plano, the team said Feb. 15. 

Casey Batten, MD, was named medical director of the Adventist Health Simi Valley (Calif.) athletic training program.

From athlete surgeries to leadership appointments, here are six key updates in sports medicine since the beginning of the year:

The ringleader of a scheme to defraud a healthcare benefit program for retired NFL players was sentenced to five years in prison, the Justice Department said Feb. 9.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery named Marci Goolsby, MD, and Beth Shubin Stein, MD, as co-directors of the HSS Women's Sports Medicine Center.

A Florida ASC and a Minnesota practice made headlines in January as the physician groups pushed back against commercial payers in issues relating to spine care.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams will compete in the 2022 Super Bowl, set for Feb. 13, after both teams won their respective conference championship games Jan. 30.