Business of Orthopedics News

As a part of a comprehensive health care compliance program, every medical practice should conduct regular exclusion screening.

FDA warns of recalled Exactech joint replacement devices from 2004 to 2021.

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Jon J.P. Warner, MD, FAAOS, discussed the association between surgeon annual volume and revision surgery after total shoulder arthroplasty.

Private equity has had a long involvement with and continues to stay active in the business of health care.

Invibio Biomaterial Solutions has announced the launch of the Peek-Optima Am filament, an implantable polyetheretherketone polymer for the manufacturing of 3D-printed medical devices, according to a company press release.

Michael S. Bednar, MD, has been named associate executive director of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, according to a press release.

Michelle Ghert, MD, FRCSC, received the Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award on behalf of the Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens in Tumor Surgery investigators at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

The Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium received the Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Christopher J. Dy, MD, MPH, FACS, FAOA, FAAOS, accepted the Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

The rate of hospital and health care organization acquisition of medical practices has increased rapidly during the past decade. New ownership models, including private equity management, have increased the number of employed physicians.