Orthopedics / TJR

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.

Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center opened the Inpatient Center for Bone and Joint Health.

Elective knee and hip replacements may be a significant source of potentially controllable healthcare spending, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article.

Atlanta-based OrthoAtlanta added sports medicine specialist Christopher Burket, MD, to its staff.

In a Texas Orthopaedic Association interview, Denver-based Muve Health President and CEO P. Marshall Maran said the health system has its sights set on becoming one of the largest providers of joint replacement procedures in the U.S.