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OrthoForum Board Member Inducted as AOSSM President

OrthoForum Board Member, Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine as President this Saturday, July 22, during the society’s annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Bush-Joseph graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and did his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He then completed a fellowship at Cincinnati Sports Medicine.

Dr. Bush-Joseph is currently a professor at Rush University Medical Center and has served as the Associate Director of the Rush Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship program for 26 years.

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OrthoForum member, OrthoCarolina, has been named Charlotte’s Healthiest Employers by the Charlotte Business Journal for the second year in a row. Their score was the highest overall for any company in the category for this year’s awards.

The Healthiest Employers awards program highlights local companies embracing the benefits of health and fitness programs for their employees.

OrthoCarolina offers the wellness program, Be Well, to all employees. 90 percent of the staff in their 39 locations participate in the program. Since 2014, OrthoCarolina has saved around $1.2 million each year in employee healthcare costs due to the program.

In addition to the Be Well program, they also provide a companywide comprehensive approach to total body wellness, that includes fitness, nutrition, health screenings, education, and personal motivation services.

OrthoCarolina currently employs approximately 1,600 people.

Dr. Tom Carter of The Orthopedic Clinic Association in Scottsdale, AZ, a member of The OrthoForum, performed the clinics first meniscus replacement surgery.

The procedure was done in partnership with Active Implants using the NUsurface Meniscus Implant technology.

NUsurface is designed to decrease and alleviate pain, delay knee replacement surgery, and improve patients activity levels.

Because of its unique material – polycarbonate urethane – and composite structure and design, it doesn’t require fixation to bone or soft tissues.

NUsurface mimics the function of the natural meniscus and resdistributes weight transmitted across the knee joint.

To learn more, visit activeimplants.com.

Rookie outfielder, Dustin Fowler, suffered a serious knee injury in his first ever game with the New York Yankees, Thursday June 29.

In the first inning, Fowler crashed into the wall and his knee exploded. Because it was an open wound, surgery was needed immediately.

Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph of Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush performed a procedure to repair the open rupture of the patellar tendon. Fowler is expected to sit out the rest of the season.

Dr. Bush-Joseph is a Chicago White Sox team physician.

OrthoForum member, Athens Orthopedic Clinic, has announced the addition of an ambulatory surgical facility in Loganville to serve a growing patient base.

Athens Orthopedic Ambulatory Center at Loganville was granted a state license to operate as an ambulatory surgical center and opened May 15. This marks a first for Walton County, as the AOC Ambulatory Center at Loganville will be the only dedicated orthopedic outpatient surgical facility in the county.

“AOC is excited to be able to bring orthopedic outpatient surgery to Loganville,” said Kayo Elliott, CEO of Athens Orthopedic Clinic. “This is just one more way we are showing our commitment to providing high quality, sub-specialized orthopedic care to the residents of Loganville and surrounding counties.”

To learn more about Athens Orthopedic visit their website, or read the full article at onlineathens.com.

The OrthoForum is proud to spotlight members like Concord Orthopaedics.

The New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, recently received a generous donation of$10,000 from Concord Orthopaedics, located in Concord with satellite offices in Derry, New London and Windham.

This donation, made in honor of the patients, primary care physicians, nurses, clinical support staff, physical therapists, and other medical personnel that Concord Orthopaedics works with throughout the year, will provide 20,000 meals to the one in nine men, women and children in New Hampshire who are food insecure.

Read the original article from the New Hampshire Food Bank here.

The Buffalo Surgery Center and OrthoForum members, Excelsior Orthopaedics, designed a new facility to make joint replacement patients feel right at home.

The 28,000-square-foot, single-story facility, which opened 5 months ago, is divided into 2 separate clinical paths for GI/pain management cases and orthopedic procedures, including total joint replacements. Four of the 16 pre-op/recovery rooms on the facility’s orthopedic side are dedicated to total joint cases, so patients recover in the same space where they begin their surgical journey. Here are a few of the design features and equipment purchases that ensure the trip is as safe, efficient and comfortable as possible.

To learn more about the new surgery center, read the full article here.

OrthoForum members, The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, were recently featured on FierceHealthcare for being one of the first practices to pursue bundled payments with private payers.

The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, which is centered in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland, is currently working to develop seven initial bundles for various orthopedic surgeries, Louis Levitt, M.D., the centers’ vice president, said in an interview with FierceHealthcare.

It will be among the first orthopedic private practice groups to participate in a bundled payment program, which Levitt said is expected to decrease patient costs and improve clinical outcomes by putting doctors in control of the patient’s entire episode of care.

“This is the value-based medicine,” Levitt said. “You’ve got to get the best value for the amount of effort and dollars you spend now on healthcare. Engaging the doctors in a risk-sharing environment is the only way to make it happen.”

Read the full article from FierceHealth here.