Michael Shin, MD, St. Margaret's Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Spring Valley, Ill., has earned the subspecialty certificate in orthopedic sports medicine from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, according to a News Tribune report.

The Knee Society honored six orthopedic surgeons with the 2012 Chitranjan Ranawat Award.

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Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health's orthopedics and sports medicine program announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center in Indianapolis.

Orthopedic surgeon Joshua Lindsey, MD, will join the medical staff at Southwest Health Center in Platteville, Wis., in 2014, according to a SWNews4U.

Jens R. Chapman, MD, is the interim chair of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is also holder of the HansJoerg Wyss Endowed Chair of Spine Surgery at the university. He is a part of the spine service faculty at Puget Sound Veterans Administration Medical Center in Seattle.

David M. Junkin Jr., MD, has joined Southern Alleghenies Elite Orthopedics in Hollidaysburg, Pa., according to a Gant Daily report.

Co-chief of sports medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center Jonathan L. Glashow, MD, will perform knee surgery on Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Jason Richardson, according to a report from The Reporter.

Bundled payments are part of new reimbursement models under healthcare reform that pay a lump sum to healthcare providers who share the risks and benefits of care delivery for a particular procedure or condition. Much of the discussion on bundled payments has focused on benefits from improving quality and lowering costs. However, there are other opportunities that bundled payments present, particularly for hospital orthopedic programs, according to Djamel Bayliche, vice president at Corazon, a national consulting firm for healthcare service lines.