Orthopedics

Wake Forest Baptist Health opened its surgery center at Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center Aug. 16, The-Dispatch.com reports.

UPMC Health Plan recognized Kittanning, Pa.-based ACMH Hospital as a Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery Center of Excellence, The Kittanning Paper reports.

Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center introduced two surgical robots: the da Vinci Xi Surgical System and the Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery System, Kearney Hub reports.

Nine hospitals were recognized by the UPMC Health Plan Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery Center of Excellence program, a newly created distinction from the UPMC Health Plan Services Division.

Johnny Presley, owner of Celina, Tenn.-based Cumberland River Hospital, is attempting to buy Jamestown (Tenn.) Regional Hospital for $1 million, the Herald-Citizen reports.

UPMC Health Plan recognized Butler (Pa.) Memorial Hospital as a UPMC Health Plan Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Center of Excellence, ButlerRadio.com reports.

Franklin Health Orthopedics formed a service partnership with Maine Medical Partners Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, the Sun Journal reports.

Hospital for Special Surgery is opening another sports medicine facility in New York City.

BridgeHealth added Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital to its Surgical Centers of Excellence program.

For the 10th year in a row, Hospital for Special Surgery took the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals for Orthopedics 2019-20 rankings.