The Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., opened this month, local news outlet WTHN.com reports.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock has been designated as a Blue Distinction+ center for spine surgery as well as hip and knee replacement.

Sharonville, Ohio-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has recruited four physicians and opened its 14th location in West Chester, Ohio.

Summit Orthopedics, a 50-surgeon practice in Woodbury, Minn., plans to develop a 25,000-square-foot clinic in Lakeville, Minn., local news publication Sun Thisweek reports.

Gentem Health Inc., a Silicon Valley-startup focused on helping private practices thrive financially, has raised a $10 million Series A financing round, bringing total investment to $13.7 million.

Many hospital expansion plans were pushed back due to economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but work has resumed on several projects centering on spine care.

Aventura (Fla.) Hospital and Medical Center has opened a 90,000-square foot tower that houses its Orthopedic & Spine Institute, Miami's Community Newspapers reported Feb. 8.

Reno, Nev.-based Swift Urgent Clinic and Spine Nevada Minimally Invasive Spine Institute will anchor the in-development Reno Sportsdome, Nevada Business reported Feb. 5.

Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center opened its new orthopedic clinic, local news affiliate 7 News reported Feb. 7.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John plan to build a second joint venture rehabilitation hospital in Owasso, Okla., Tulsa World reports.

Reno-based Spine Nevada and Swift Urgent Clinic partnered with Reno Sportsdome, a 120,000-square-foot sports complex that will open in the fall, Nevada Business reports.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute relocated an office to a larger space in Hamilton Township, N.J., according to a Feb. 3 announcement.

Children's National Hospital has performed the region's first anterior vertebral body tethering surgery for a child in the Washington, D.C., area.

Michael West, CEO of Rothman Orthopaedic Institute in Philadelphia, will retire March 31 after 22 years with the practice.

Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro is opening an office with a physical therapy clinic on the Dublin campus of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Marwan Shuayto, MD, plans to transform a former church in Port Huron, Mich., into a surgery center where he will relocate his practice, the Times Herald reports.

An indoor sports complex under construction in New Berlin, Wis., will bear Pewaukee-based Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin's name, according to a Feb. 3 report from BizTimes Milwaukee.

In the past month, Becker's has reported on four CEO moves at orthopedic and spine-focused practices and health systems:

Four spine and orthopedic specialty hospitals broke ground or have been announced in the last four months:

Workers are expected to break ground this month on a $35 million orthopedic spine hospital in Bossier City, La., ABC affiliate KTBS reports.