Orthopedics / TJR

The FDA approved a supplemental new drug application for Pacira Pharmaceuticals' Exparel.

Gainesville, Fla.-based The Orthopaedic Institute named new executive leadership.

Cyrus Ghavam, MD, will be Salem-based Hope Orthopedics of Oregon's newest provider.

A group of Newnan, Ga.-based orthopedic and anesthesia providers agreed to pay the federal government $3.2 million to settle allegations they were involved in a False Claims Act kickback scheme. 

Appalachian Orthopedics surgeon Jason Brashear, MD, performed the first outpatient total hip replacement at Mountain Empire Surgery Center in Jackson City, Tenn.

Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy became the first hospital in Indiana to install the Mazor X Robotic Guidance System.

Surgeons at Edmonds (Wash.) Orthopedic Center, a division of Proliance Surgeons, joined the SwiftPath Program.

Scott Nemec, DO, and Anthony Bozzio, MD, joined Gaylord (Mich.) Family Practice, Petoskey News reports.

Orthopedic surgeon Andrew Wickline, MD, of New Hartford, N.Y.-based Genesee Orthopedics & Plastic Surgery Associates introduced the anterior approach to hip replacement into his surgical practice in 2007. 

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, along with several orthopedic specialty and state societies, sent CMS administrator Seema Verma a letter commenting on CMS' decision to take total knee arthroplasty out of the Medicare Inpatient Only list.