Orthopedics / TJR

Muve Health opened a hyper-specialty total joint replacement center in Warminster, Pa., the organization announced March 16.

Congressional candidate Knute Buehler, MD, was endorsed March 12 by the Political Action Committee of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Adding total joints to an ASC is becoming a lucrative prospect as the Baby Boomer population ages and technology improves. According to data1 from the Advisory Board Market Scenario Planner, the number of joint replacements done in the ambulatory setting…

Black and Hispanic patients are about 20 percent less likely than white patients to receive outpatient care, according to a new study published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

Novant Health opened its $3 million, 13,000-square-foot clinic in Charlotte, N.C., March 6.

    Three ASCs adding or expanding total joint programs:

  Physicians at the Christus Santa Rosa Surgery Center in New Braunfels, Texas, recently performed the center's first total joint replacement.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists moved its Oconto Falls clinic to a space in HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital, also in Oconto Falls, Gillett News reports.

Oak Orthopedics is now a part of Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, one of the largest independent, physician-owned orthopedic practices in the state.

Christus Surgery Center-New Braunfels (Texas) introduced total joint procedures, according to Corridor News.