Here are eight steps for ambulatory surgery center administrators to improve efficiency in their operating rooms.

Wayne Sebastianelli, MD, Kalenak Professor of Orthopedics at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine, has stepped down as team physician for Penn State football, although he will remain director of athletic medicine, according to a Centre Daily Times report.

Claude T. Moorman III, MD, team physician for Duke Athletics and director of Duke Sports Medicine in Durham, N.C., performed knee surgery on freshman linebacker Dominic McDonald, according to a report from The Devils Den.

Hoag Orthopedic Institute is a hospital dedicated to orthopedic care. For the past year, the hospital has been working on a value based purchasing program and recently released the results in their annual clinical outcomes report.

The American Joint Replacement Registry board of directors named three surgeons to leadership positions, according to an AAOS Now report.

Here are five points on orthopedic surgeon preferences for new payment models.

Director of the Joint Replacement Center at Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Moby Parsons, MD, has been recognized as a 2012 Advanced Energy Surgeon of the Year by Medtronic Advanced Energy, according to a Seacoast Online report.

James Andrews, MD, performed knee surgery on South Carolina Gamecocks running back Marcus Lattimore, according to a Bleacher Report.

Central Maine Orthopaedics in Auburn, Maine is a large orthopedics practice with an adjoined ambulatory surgery center. Last year, the group reported its highest operating margins in the center's more than 15-year history, largely due to key initiatives implemented over the past few years.

Here are 10 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation. Numbers one through five came from the AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey; numbers six through nine came from the 2012 Medscape Orthopedist and Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation Report; number 10 came from the 2012 LocumTenens.com Compensation & Employment Report.