For many patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA), clinical management reaches a frustrating plateau. Having an inadequate response to conservative modalities including physical therapy, NSAIDs, and injections these patients can find themselves trapped in a treatment gap: conservative therapies aren’t…
Woodside Health has acquired Nansemond River Medical Center, a 33,000-square-foot medical outpatient building in Suffolk, Va., according to an Aug. 26 news release. The property is anchored by Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center and houses multiple specialty clinical tenants. The…
The federal NOPAIN Act (Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act), which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, created a separate Medicare reimbursement pathway for qualifying non-opioid pain management therapies in ASCs and HOPDs. For orthopedic providers, the legislation expands access…
The career path decision is not getting any easier for physicians. Independent practice. Hospital employment. Private equity partnership. ASC ownership. For physicians, choosing a path has never come with more options. Three physicians who have been through the decision shared…
George Paletta, MD, who spent about 20 years as the St. Louis Cardinals’ team physician, is suing Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy over $182,500 in unpaid compensation, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a summons filed July 23 in St. Louis…
A 79,500-square-foot orthopedic ASC and medical office building opened in Waltham, Mass., in June 2026, becoming the largest facility of its kind in Greater Boston by total footprint. According to a June 30 news release shared with Becker’s, the center…
Ortho Rhode Island began offering Mako SmartRobotics for reverse shoulder replacements at the Ortho RI Surgery Center, becoming the first in the state to do so, according to a Feb. 2 news release shared with Becker’s. The ASC is one…
Here are 10 statistics illustrating the landscape surrounding orthopedic pay in 2025 and what may change in the year ahead: 1. The average annual wage for orthopedic surgeons, not including pediatrics, in the U.S. is $365,060, according to the Bureau…
Texas Tech Health El Paso will launch a new orthopedic surgery residency program at University Medical Center of El Paso beginning July 1. According to a Jan. 23 news release, the five-year program will train three residents annually and aims…
This is a bimonthly column by Les Jebson, administrator of the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Network at Prisma Health. This is the first installment. In the orchestration of an efficient orthopedic program, healthcare insurers, patient health status and surgeon scheduling-facility…