Becker's ASC Review

46 ORTHOPEDICS Rothman Orthopaedics aims to expand nationally with NueHealth, MUVE joint venture: 5 things to know By Laura Dyrda P hiladelphia-based Rothman Ortho- paedics partnered with ASC platform company NueHealth and MUVE Health, a developer and operator of total joint and spine centers, to integrate their models and platforms. Five things to know: 1. e three companies are forming a joint venture designed to expand, replicate and scale the success the partners have already seen in the greater Philadelphia market. Rothman currently has more than 200 physicians and 40 locations, and operates 45 surgical sites in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. 2. e partnership will expand and integrate their platforms beyond their current mar- kets; they are currently assessing opportuni- ties with orthopedic practices and health systems in Florida, Texas and the Midwest. 3. In addition to expanding west, the partner- ship will increase capability and technology platforms in the greater Philadelphia and tri-state region, adding five-to-seven MUVE Health total joint and spine centers over the next two years. e partnering centers will fo- cus on high quality, value-based care and work with payers and employers in the region. 4. Rothman estimates its physicians will perform more than 85,000 surgical and pain management procedures in 2019, and most will be performed in high-quality surgical facilities. "e vision of Rothman Orthopaedics has always been to deliver a national platform to take orthopedic care to new levels of value and clinical excellence for our patients," said Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, president of Rothman Orthopaedics. "With the expansion of NueHealth and MUVE Health relation- ships, we can share the innovation, clinical performance and economic value we have created together over the past eight years with orthopedic physicians and health systems in key markets across the U.S. Combining our best-in-class clinical practice and ambula- tory surgical platforms will accelerate the transformation into value-based care and continue our commitment to developing new treatments, testing new devices and setting surgical standards in orthopedic care." 5. In 2017, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute signed an affiliation agreement with New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health to establish centers of excellence for orthopedic care and opened a practice in Manhattan last year. n Orthopedic surgeon pays $84,666 to settle kickback allegations over pain cream medical directorship arrangement: 4 things to know By Laura Dyrda B randon Claflin, DO, paid $84,666 to settle allegations of accepting illegal kickbacks in exchange for writing prescrip- tions. Four things to know: 1. Dr. Claflin was one of several healthcare providers targeted in an investigation that sought to determine whether the providers ac- cepted payment from OK Compounding to prescribe a pain cream. 2. According to the OIG, Dr. Claflin began prescribing pain cream to patients in 2013 and received compensation he described as medical director fees on an hourly basis. The OIG, however, al- leged this compensation was a kickback. 3. Some of the patients for whom Dr. Claflin prescribed the pain cream were insured by Tricare and the Office of Workers' Compen- sation Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor. 4. The payment resolves all allegations of the relationship between Dr. Claflin and OK Compounding related to the pain cream payments from 2013 to 2014, and there wasn't a determination of liability. n Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center opens clinic, adds new surgeon — 3 insights By Eric Oliver R apid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Ortho- pedic & Spine Center opened a clinic in Gillette, Wyo., to better serve the city's population. What you should know: 1. Black Hills also added Monica Morman, MD, to its staff to practice exclusively out of the location. 2. Dr. Morman is an orthopedic surgeon spe- cializing in shoulder, elbow and hand surgery. She's practiced in Wyoming for more than 15 years. 3. In addition to Dr. Morman, eight other exist- ing Black Hills providers will see patients in Gillette. n

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