Rob Keller, MD, and Nicholas Frisch, MD, are testing a proactive medication protocol, ClickOn Detroit reports. The approach may benefit physicians in the outpatient setting, who have less control over the medication patients take or how they're using it after discharge.
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Walmart added Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare to its Centers of Excellence network and selected the system as an Accountable Care Plan provider for its metro-Atlanta associates.
Certain qualities can help physicians decide whether patients are strong candidates for total hip and knee replacements in the outpatient setting, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
The orthopedic- and spine-focused Oregon Surgical Institute in Beaverton will implement Zimmer Biomet's outpatient suite of technologies and patient engagement platform.
Robert DeMaagd, MD, and Thomas Matelic, MD, have performed almost a dozen outpatient joint replacement surgeries at Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Metro Health OAM Surgery Center since October 2017, the Grand Rapids Business Journal reports.
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Syracuse, N.Y.-based Upstate University Hospital is now offering patients same-day total knee replacement surgery, Syracuse.com reports.
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.