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38 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Orthopedic practices join Pro Football Hall of Fame Health By Alan Condon F ive more healthcare organizations have joined Pro Football Hall of Fame Health's provider network, including two of the largest orthopedic practices in the country: Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics and Seattle-based Proliance Surgeons. Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem, Columbus-based OhioHealth and Flagler Health+, which partnered with Andrews Sports Medicine earlier this year, have also joined Hall of Fame Health program, bringing the number of healthcare providers in the network to 17, according to an Aug. 3 news release. The program, which launched in October 2020, aims to provide access to health plans with in-network availability to high-quality hospitals, physicians and orthopedic cen- ters for former NFL players, employees and their families. The 12 founding partners are: 1. Andrews Institute (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) 2. Aultman Health (Canton, Ohio) 3. Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas) 4. Emory Healthcare (Atlanta) 5. HCA Houston Healthcare (Houston) 6. HonorHealth (Phoenix) 7. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (Chicago) 8. OrthoLoneStar (Dallas) 9. Providence Saint John's Health Center (Santa Monica, Calif.) 10. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital 11. UCSF Health (San Francisco) 12. Vanderbilt Health (Nashville, Tenn.) n Surgeon gets another crack at antitrust lawsuit against orthopedic surgery board By Alan Condon A n appellate court on Aug. 30 over- turned a lower court's decision to permanently throw out a surgeon's lawsuit alleging that the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery blocked him from working at New Jersey hospitals, according to a court opinion posted on Justia. Six notes: 1. A three-judge panel found that since Bruce Ellison, MD, lacked standing, the case should have been dismissed without prejudice, meaning he would get another chance to bring his case before the court. 2. Dr. Ellison, a California-based surgeon, said he wanted to move to New Jersey to practice with RWJBarnabas Health. Around 2012, he sought certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, so he could obtain staff privileges, but the board only cer- tifies surgeons who pass its multistep certifi- cation exam. 2. According to court documents, Dr. Elli- son passed the first step of the exam, but the board allegedly prevented him from taking the second step until he was granted staff privileges at a hospital. 3. e surgeon hasn't applied for staff privi- leges because he claims the New Jersey hos- pitals where he wants to work will reject his application because of bylaws that only grant privileges to physicians who are already board certified. 4. In 2016, Dr. Ellison sued the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, which re- moved the case to federal court, according to the report. 5. e surgeon later amended his complaint to allege that the board violated the Sherman Act, a federal statute that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and compe- tition in the marketplace. 6. Dr. Ellison has "not attempted to apply for medical staff privileges or taken any con- crete steps to practice in New Jersey" and his claims that the board "injured him are thus speculative," according to the court, which dismissed the case without prejudice for lack of standing. n