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Among collegiate football players, the instances of morphologic abnormalities associated with cam and pincer femoroacetabular impingement are more common than previously thought, according to a study reported in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Marc J. Philippon, managing partner at The Steadman Clinic and director of the Steadman Phillippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., was recently named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation's board of trustees, according to U.S. Ski Team news…

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has established the Alan M. Levine, MD, Education Fund, named for the organization's former chair of the AAOS Council on Education who died suddenly in 2009, according to an AAOS Now report.

Ira Guttentag, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the Tampa Bay Lightning, has performed arthroscopic knee surgery on both knees of Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund, according to a report from The Tampa Tribune.

As of Sept. 30, CMS has paid more than $850 million as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, according to a news release by the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society.

Kaare Kolstad, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Methodist Hospital System, recently performed hip surgery on Houston Dynamo forward Cam Weaver, according to a Sporting News report.

Group Health in Seattle has developed a plan to curb overpresciption of opioids that focuses on physician-patient communication rather than prosecution, a Pain Medicine News report said.

Dong Kim, MD, a neurosurgeon at Memorial Hermann Hospital and UT Health, used a piece of felt to cushion a patient's trigeminal nerve, according to an ABC News report.

California has removed a provision allowing the Department of Justice to require a patient prescribed pain medication to submit a medical evaluation, an American Cancer Society report said.

James Robinson, MD, was recently selected as the first endowed chair of sports medicine for family physicians at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, according to a university news release.