CEOs Are in a Healthcare Holding Pattern as They Wait on the House Healthcare Bill

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The House’s approval of President Trump’s American Health Care Act is obviously just the first stage of what promises to be a compelling, unpredictable and important drama over coming weeks and months.

Many CEOs see some significant things they like in the bill, features they hope will make it to the end of the legislative gauntlet.

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The Empowered Entrepreneur and Franchising

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Christine Dura, Chief Development Officer of OrthoNOW the nation’s only network of franchised orthopedic urgent care centers joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Franchising Channel.

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CEO of OrthoNOW Dr. Alejandro Badia Named Innovation Leader by MedCity News

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We are honored to have our Founder and CEO, Dr. Alejandro Badia, named as one of the 50+ Innovation Leaders by MedCity News and Innovations 50+. Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the innovation category for our disruptive work with the mobile app and Uber integration!

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The Pivotal Leader – Justin Irizarry

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EPISODE 24: THE PIVOTAL LEADER – JUSTIN IRIZARRY

“It’s not practice that makes the difference – it’s perfect practice that does.” – Justin Irizarry

Justin Irizarry, CFO of OrthoNow is NOT the stereotypical CFO. His innovative ability to start the nation’s only franchised orthopedic urgent care center is supported by his belief that employees are the biggest asset on the balance sheet.

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Why Poor Employee Development Is a Mistake You Can’t Afford

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Like many entrepreneurs, Asher Raphael, CEO of Power Home Remodeling in Chester, Pa., knew he needed to offer professional development to his employees. To get started, he took a look at his workforce and identified who had untapped potential.

Raphael used performance metrics to decide which employees to work with one on one.

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StartupStories: OrthoNOW Combines Business & Medicine for Healthcare Innovation

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When an orthopedic surgeon and a financial whiz put their heads together, something groundbreaking is bound to happen. Once Dr. Alejandro Badia and Justin Irizarry realized that they had the tools and knowledge to potentially save orthopedic patients a ton of time and money, innovation of the healthcare industry was underway.

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Alejandro Badia – Co-Founder of OrthoNOW

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Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS is an internationally renowned hand and upper extremity surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center in Doral, Florida. Dr. Badia graduated from Cornell University and completed his medical degree at NYU. He served as the worldwide president of ISSPORTH and co-founded the globally recognized Miami Anatomical Research and Training Center (M.A.R.C.) and The Surgery Center at Doral,

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Orthopedic Urgent Care Franchise Goes the Extra Mile to Enhance Patients’ Health Care Journey

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If you or a family member broke an ankle or dislocated a shoulder, what if you could just use an app on your smartphone to schedule a visit at a nearby orthopedic urgent care center and, at the same time, also arrange for an Uber driver to transport you?

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New franchises offer prescriptions for what’s ailing healthcare

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Walk-in patients with ankle sprains, wrist fractures, concussions and other injuries will soon get instant relief with OrthoNOW Urgent Care expanding rapidly across the US.

Calling itself the nation’s only orthopedic urgent care franchise, OrthoNOW opened its first location in Miami in 2010 and began awarding franchises in 2014.

The franchisor is betting the concept will score big. Its growth is expected to be fueled largely by offering savings to insurance companies,

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Urgent Care in Orthopedics & Spine: OrthoNOW Franchise to Expand

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OrthoNOW, a franchise business of specialized orthopedic urgent care centers, announced it would expand its franchise to include a location in Weston, Fla., by this fall and agreed to open several additional centers in Broward County over the next two to three years.
The centers are focused on assessing and treating a range of orthopedic and sports medicine injuries on a walk-in basis. Urgent care clinics have become a huge opportunity for orthopedic and spine groups over the past few years.

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