Here are four orthopedic center acquisitions, openings, expansions, affiliations and partnerships in the West that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 3:
1. Foundation Health Partners in Fairbanks, Alaska, will open the FHP Orthopedic & Spine Specialists Nov. 1.
2. Salem (Ore.) Health absorbed Salem-based Hope Orthopedics in September and hired most of its physicians and employees.
3. Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute leased a 12,000-square-foot surgery center space in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
4. The BoulderCentre (Colo.) for Orthopedics & Spine plans to open a new clinic in Broomfield, Colo.