Mesa View Regional Hospital in Mesquite, Nev., announced the addition of orthopedic and sports medicine specialists Joseph Yu, MD, and Roddy McGee, DO, to its medical staff as independent members.

Around 25 percent of orthopedists currently report offering new ancillary services that were not previously considered in their specialties in order to increase income, according to Medscape's Orthopedist Compensation Report: 2013.

Tom Hackett, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., was selected for the 2013 USSA J. Leland Sosman Award recognizing his commitment to the medical coverage and service to the USSA.

Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital has named Bruce Darden, MD, Physician of the Year in 2013.

Here are five categories with 25 statistics on physician compensation for specialists contracted with hospitals and healthcare organizations, either through employment or independent contracting. The data is based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2013.

Zachary Landman, MD, orthopedic surgeon, has joined DoctorBase as the company's chief medical officer.

The Alliance of Specialty Medicine recently submitted a testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health about sustainable growth rate reform.

The Hip Society honored several orthopedic surgeons and researchers with the Hip Society 2013 Otto Aufranc Award, according to an AAOS Now report.

Neil Ghodadra, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at La Peer Health Systems in Beverly Hills, Calif., is the first to perform outpatient knee subchondroplasty in Los Angeles, according to a La Peer news release.

Victory Healthcare, a for-profit community medical center firm based in The Woodlands, Texas, will lease property to reopen and operate The Hospital at Craig Ranch, a 24-bed surgical hospital in McKinney, Texas.