Orthopedics

Beebe Medical Center (Lewes, Del.). Eight orthopedic surgeons staff Beebe Medical Center's James P. Marvel, Jr. Orthopaedic Unit, which provides comprehensive orthopedic services. This 150-bed hospital was recently named one of the best hospitals in the nation for orthopedic care…

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Cleveland Clinic's Lakewood Hospital has opened its newly renovated orthopedic unit as part of multi-year plan that includes converting to all patient rooms to private and creating centers of excellence, according to a report in MedCity News.

Mercy Gilbert (Ariz.) Medical Center has recruited a specialist in brain and spinal surgery, allowing the 92-bed hospital to offer those services for the first time, according to a release from Mercy Gilbert.

The Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin has moved into a larger replacement hospital next to the old facility in Glendale, Wis., according to the Business Journal of Milwaukee.

The Hospital for Special Surgery has established a Spine Care Institute for back pain patients, according to a release from the Hospital for Special Surgery.

St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis has acquired a minority share of ownership in Indiana Orthopedic Hospital, a hospital owned by physicians of OrthoIndy, according to a report by the Indianapolis Star.

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will end the first phase of a $1 billion campus renovation with the opening of its orthopedic building this month, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

Designating a nurse as the single point of contact for all orthopedics patients has reduced the length of stay for orthopedics at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs, Kan., according to a report by the Kansas City Star.

SpineLine, Medtronic's coding and reimbursement support line, receives thousands of queries each year, and Leigh Evans, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, the senior coding and reimbursement analyst at Medtronic, personally deals with many of them. Here Ms. Evans addresses three…