Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center in Fairlawn, Ohio, opened a new pain management service line, offering a multifaceted approach to pain management, June 1.

OrthoAlliance, a Cincinnati-based MSO, has partnered with Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro.

Competition continues to rise among spine surgeons and practices as an increasing number of procedures move from hospitals toward the outpatient setting, where they can be performed at a lower cost. 

Coastal Orthopedics opened two new medical centers in Florida, in West Bradenton and East Manatee.

Engaging in risk-based contracts, expanding ASCs and ancillary services and capitalizing on the shift of higher-acuity spine and joint replacement surgeries to the outpatient setting are among the biggest opportunities for growth in orthopedics.

Durham, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho and Spine Center Atlanta both have locations in North Carolina and Georgia, respectively. As some larger orthopedic practices set their sights on expansions, leaders of both groups recently addressed collaboration and competition.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger broke ground on its $180 million orthopedic center, WKOK reported May 25.

Many of the largest orthopedic practices have grown in recent years with multiple physicians and locations across the country.

Germantown, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics is adding three locations this year in Tennessee and Mississippi, Memphis Flyer reported May 24.

Robert Blair, CEO of Baton Rouge-based The Spine Hospital of Louisiana, is stepping down after 12 years with the company, according to Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.

Arlington, Va.-based Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic and management services organization M2 Orthopedics are opening a weekend urgent care clinic in Lorton, Va. 

The Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics has begun building an $18.7 million surgery center in Tyler, Tenn., the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported May 24.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center added two physician partners.

Canfield, Ohio-based Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates began construction on an ASC expansion, CBS affiliate WKBN reported May 20.

The halfway point of 2022 is around the corner, and in the first half of the year management services organizations have had new partnerships and changed leadership.

Two neurosurgeons joined Rapid City, S.D.-based The Spine Center at Black Hills Orthopedics.

Six leadership appointments were named at orthopedic practices in the last month, and two come from EmergeOrtho. 

Physical therapy, pain management and orthopedics are often treated as separate departments, and providers at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute are approaching musculoskeletal care in a different way: using cross-department collaboration to create a plan of care that focuses on what's most important — the patient. 

Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine appointed Christine Stuppy as chief strategy officer.

Intraoperative neuromonitoring company Assure Holdings posted 5,100 managed cases in the first quarter of 2022.