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27 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 20-surgeon Florida group plans new orthopedic HQ with surgery center By Alan Condon Coastal Orthopedics is planning a new medical center and headquarters in Bradenton, Fla. The 88,000-square-foot facility will include a surgery center, physical ther- apy, offices and imaging services. The expansion aims to "meet the demand of the population growth throughout Manatee and Sarasota Counties," CEO Paige LeMay said in a Dec. 2 news release. Construction will begin in January 2021, with completion set for spring 2022. Coastal Orthopedics will relocate from its current Bradenton facility and move its two ASCs into the new center once completed. n Texas health system moving spine, orthopedic cases to new surgical hospital By Alan Condon C ovenant Health is shifting many of its spine and orthopedic cases at Covenant Medical Center to Grace Surgical Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, which opened Dec. 5, EverythingLubbock.com reported. Three things to know: 1. The three-story hospital has 10 operating rooms, 32 inpatient beds and 15 post-anesthesia care unit beds. 2. Grace Surgical Hospital began performing surgeries on Dec. 7. General surgery, urology, cardiology and gynecology procedures are also be per- formed at the hospital. 3. A $140 million spine and orthopedic tower is expected to open at Cov- enant Medical Center in early 2022. n $58M orthopedic hospital breaks ground in Colorado By Alan Condon Parkview Medical Center broke ground Nov. 6 on a $58 million orthopedic hospital in Pueblo West, Colo., The Pueblo Chieftain reported. The 60,000-square-foot facility will have 30 beds and provide orthopedic surgery services as well as physical and occupational therapy. PMC's orthopedic department has six surgeons and six physician assistants and will likely hire more to staff the new facility. The move will free up to 20 beds at the main campus in Pueblo, Colo. The hospital is expected to open in April 2022. n 10 things to know about Rothman Institute in 2020 By Carly Behm P hiladelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute was founded in 1970 by Richard H. Rothman, MD, PhD. Since then, the institution has become a leader in orthopedics. Here are 10 things to know about Rothman In- stitute in 2020: 1. e company mission listed on its website is: "To provide our communities with high-quality, compassionate and affordable musculoskeletal care that is grounded in evidence-based med- icine, the results of which will exceed expecta- tions." 2. Rothman Institute partnered with Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Advent Health to expand into Florida. 3. Two Rothman surgeons — Joseph O'Neil, MD, and Steven Raikin, MD — won the American Or- thopaedic Foot & Ankle Society's award for best clinical paper in 2020, along with co-author and scientist Otho Plummer, PhD. 4. e center has 194 physicians; 38 locations; and three urgent cares in Marlton, Limerick and Abington, Pa., according to a spokesperson. 5. In 2020, spine fellows at Rothman went on to practice at Northwestern Medical Group in Chi- cago, Texas Spine Consultants in Dallas, the U.S. Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and Reno (Nev.) Orthopedic Clinic. 6. e Rothman spine team performs more than 6,100 surgeries each year, according to its website. 7. More than 17,000 hip and knee replacements are done annually at Rothman. 8. Rothman's sports medicine team evaluates more than 75,000 sports injuries and performs more than 11,500 surgeries each year. 9. Rothman partnered with Philadelphia's first professional esports team, the Philadelphia Fu- sion, in February. 10. Rothman has physicians with multiple sports teams, including the Philadelphia Eagles, Phila- delphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers and Villanova University. n