Union Health announces a new partnership to expand orthopedic joint replacement services across the Wabash Valley.

Union Health Orthopedics, clinical leaders in bone, muscle, and joint treatment with more than a dozen providers and surgeons, including Dr. Sameer Bavishi, Dr. Carlos Belmar, Dr. Stephen Fern, Dr. Sami Jaafar, and Dr. Jeremiah Palmer, has partnered with Indiana Joint Replacement Institute, comprised of Wabash Valley native and joint replacement surgeon Dr. Michael Meneghini, along with his team of physician specialists, Dr. Peter Caccavallo and Dr. David Conrad.

The new alliance allows for the advancement of care coordination, clinical quality, cost control, and enhanced patient experience. This team of experts will build on the existing platform of providing orthopedic expertise and care with a focus on hip and knee replacements.

“The Bone and Joint Center is known throughout the Wabash Valley for providing high-level care and the Indiana Joint Replacement Institute (IJRI) shares that vision,” Steve Holman, President, and CEO of Union Health said. “Both partners provide orthopedic expertise and by adding those elements together, we will create one of the strongest joint replacement destinations in the Midwest.”

“Together we will provide a top-tier hip and knee joint program that provides focused and deliberate treatment of patients,” Dr. Michael Meneghini, Indiana Joint Replacement Institute, said. “This partnership will allow both entities to play off each other’s strengths and excel by providing our community with the services they need in order to return to and maintain an active lifestyle.”

To schedule your hip or knee evaluation with one of our joint replacement experts, call 812.900.7544.

Other orthopedic services offered at the Union Health Bone and Joint Center include shoulder, hand, podiatry, and sports medicine care. Appointments can be made by calling 812.242.3005. The Bone and Joint Center is located at 1725 N. 5th St. in Terre Haute, IN – on the campus of Union Health.