Pensacola-based Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast and Phoenix-based Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. are expanding their Performance Orthopedics and Spine program.

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Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush has opened its seventh location in Joliet, Ill., the company said Oct. 29. 

Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, Tennessee’s largest orthopedic surgery group, has added world-renowned hip surgeon J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD, to its team, according to an Oct. 28 report in the Williamson Herald.

Houston-based OrthoLoneStar has teamed up with Greenwich, Conn.-based Cedar Gate Technologies to bring a value-based care program for spine and orthopedic care in Texas.

Bruce Cohen, MD, has been CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina since 2016.

Twin Cities Community Hospital, a Tenet Health Central Coast hospital in Templeton, Calif., has been designated as a Blue Distinction Center+ for hip and knee replacements, Atascadero News reported Oct. 26. 

IMAC Holdings completed two new locations of The Back Space, its retail spine care clinic, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain and Spine Center is looking for a chief strategy officer.

Philanthropists Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder contributed to create a spine center at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Spire Orthopedic Partners, a practice management organization, has partnered with Danbury-based Connecticut Neck & Back Specialists, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

Independent physicians know two things: they need to provide good medical care and patient service in order for their practice to succeed while also needing to manage the business side of their practice so it remains competitive and grows.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery will anchor a 30-story medical office building, Extell Development Co. said Oct. 25.

Cleveland Clinic has ignited a recruitment battle by offering high fixed salaries for top physicians in London, where it plans to open a private hospital next year, according to the Financial Times.

Atrium Health and Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine, both based in Charlotte, N.C., are teaming up to advance spine care delivery, the company said Oct. 18. 

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics opened the Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center, the company said in an Oct. 22 news release.

Lynchburg-based OrthoVirginia has served the "Old Dominion" state through its 32 locations for five years.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens expanded its orthopedic department with the opening of a total hip and knee replacement center, the company said Oct. 21.

Seattle-based Proliance Surgeons, an independent practice with more than 250 physicians, has appointed Troy Simonson CEO as part of its partnership with Revo Health.

Fort Collins, Colo.-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies is building a new medical campus on a 12-acre property in Greeley, Colo., according to an Oct. 21 report by North Forty News.