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Mountain View, Calif.-based Prospira PainCare announced that two of its pain management physicians — Adam Sackstein, MD, and Youssef Josephson, DO — have joined the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia.

Orthopedic implants company Stryker has awarded Borgess Bone & Joint Institute in Kalamazoo, Mich., its Center for Advanced Recovery | Joint designation, according to a mLIVE report.

Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine has added fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon Daniel Le, MD, to its medical team.

Senate leaders have unveiled a plan to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown that makes relatively minor changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill.

Last month Orthopedics This Week named its 28 Top North American Shoulder Surgeons, including Brian Cole, MD, and Anthony Romeo, MD.

I-Flow, a Kimberly-Clark Health Care Company, announced a new service for hospitals designed to reduce reliance on narcotics for post-surgical pain management.

The Hand Center at Danbury (Conn.) Orthopedics announced the addition of Archit Patel, MD, to its medical staff.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Prospira PainCare, a provider of multidisciplinary pain management services, announced the acquisition of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Neuro Pain Consultants.

Tom Mars has been named CEO of the Vail, Colo.-based Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute, effective immediately.

OMeGA Medical Grants Association has joined forces with specialty societies to encourage industry support for orthopedic graduate medical education program funding, according to an AAOS Now report.