Midwest Center for Joint Replacement

What Midwest Center for Joint Replacement does

Midwest Center for Joint Replacement (MCJR) is a private orthopedic surgery practice founded in 2015 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The practice specializes in minimally invasive outpatient joint replacement for the hip, knee, and shoulder, with over 80% of procedures performed as same-day surgeries at ambulatory surgical centers rather than traditional hospitals. Its core surgical offerings include total and partial knee replacement, the proprietary Jiffy Knee™ muscle- and tendon-sparing procedure, anterior hip replacement, anatomic and reverse shoulder replacement, and revision joint replacement for failed implants. Adjacent service lines include sports medicine and foot and ankle surgery.

The practice operates five clinic locations across central Indiana — Indianapolis (headquarters, co-located with Midwest Specialty Surgery Center), Bloomington (one block from Bloomington Advanced Surgery Center), Terre Haute, Zionsville, and Avon. MCJR is staffed by fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons co-founded by Dr. Wesley Lackey and Dr. Michael Berend (who has performed over 15,000 knee replacements), joined by Drs. Joshua Carter, Colin Penrose, Daniel Gerow, Rick Weidenbener, Scott Hoffman, and J. Michael Miller. The practice generates revenue through professional services fees from surgical procedures, office consultations, pre-operative appointments, and follow-up care, billed through insurance and patient payments.

MCJR operates as a partner practice within the OrthoAlliance network, which is part of SCA Health, a national surgical and practice management organization serving more than two million patients annually. The practice maintains partnerships with Franciscan Health Mooresville for inpatient cases, Central Indiana Orthopedics, American Health Network, and Indiana Spine Group for clinic co-location, plus international medical mission partnerships through Team Hope in Motion (Guatemala) and Tenwek Hospital (Kenya). Marketing is primarily driven by patient testimonials, specialty-specific SEO content, and direct phone inquiries rather than paid advertising.

Name

Midwest Center for Joint Replacement

Legal name

Midwest Center for Joint Replacement

Website

https://mcjr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Midwest Center for Joint Replacement is a private Indiana orthopedic practice specializing in outpatient hip, knee, and shoulder replacement, performing over 80% of procedures same-day across five clinic locations. Founded in 2015, it operates as a partner practice within the OrthoAlliance/SCA Health network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthopedic Surgery Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Hip & Knee Reconstruction (Arthroplasty) (HLAKALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Foot & Ankle (HLAKALAG), Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAG), Orthopedic & Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Centers (HLADAJAI)

Keywords

• Orthopedic surgery
• Joint replacement
• Outpatient surgery
• Hip replacement
• Knee replacement

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Surgical Services: Revenue from joint replacement surgeries including hip, knee, shoulder, and foot/ankle procedures performed in outpatient settings and partner hospitals. Billed through insurance and patient payments.
2. Consultation and Clinic Visits: Revenue from office consultations, pre-operative appointments, and follow-up care across five Indiana locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Midwest Center for Joint Replacement is an orthopedic surgery practice that performs hip, knee, shoulder, and foot and ankle joint replacement procedures, with over 80% of surgeries delivered as outpatient procedures at ambulatory surgical centers. The practice operates five clinic locations across central Indiana where it provides pre-operative consultations, surgery, and post-operative follow-up care. Additional services include sports medicine and revision joint replacement surgery.

Product overview

Midwest Center for Joint Replacement is a medical practice specializing in outpatient joint replacement surgery for hips, knees, and shoulders. The practice offers a portfolio of surgical services including Total Knee Replacement, Partial Knee Replacement, Jiffy Knee™ (muscle-sparing technique), Anterior Hip Replacement, Shoulder Replacement, and Revision Joint Replacement. Additional services include Sports Medicine and Foot and Ankle care. The practice performs over 80% of procedures in outpatient settings. Services are delivered through a team of orthopedic surgeons, podiatric surgeons, and sports medicine specialists across five Indiana locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Total Knee Replacement Surgical procedure that replaces damaged components of the knee with artificial implants, performed using minimally invasive techniques for accelerated recovery. Indicated for patients with severe knee arthritis or osteoarthritis.
• Partial Knee Replacement Procedure that removes and replaces only the damaged compartment in the knee while preserving healthy compartments, allowing for faster recovery in suitable candidates.
• Jiffy Knee Replacement Proprietary muscle- and tendon-sparing knee replacement procedure where the surgeon lifts muscles and tendons instead of splitting them, providing faster recovery and less pain than traditional knee replacement. Offered by one of only three licensed Jiffy Knee surgeons in Indiana.
• Anterior Hip Replacement Hip replacement performed through a front-of-hip approach that spares muscles, lowers dislocation risk, and allows intraoperative x-ray guidance for improved implant positioning, resulting in less pain and faster recovery.
• Shoulder Replacement Total shoulder arthroplasty that removes arthritis and replaces the ball and socket of the shoulder, available in both anatomic and reverse configurations and performed outpatient for arthritic shoulders and irreparable rotator cuff tears.
• Revision Joint Replacement Surgery that fixes or replaces existing hip and knee joint replacement implants using custom implant parts, indicated for patients whose original replacement failed, became infected, fractured around the implant, or never felt right.
• Outpatient Joint Replacement Hip, knee, and shoulder joint replacement procedures performed in outpatient ambulatory surgical centers using modern anesthesia and multimodal pain control, allowing same-day discharge; over 80% of MCJR procedures are delivered as outpatient.
• Sports Medicine Non-operative and operative treatment of athletic injuries for people of all ages, covering conditions such as sprains, strains, torn ligaments, stress fractures, ACL/MCL/LCL injuries, and tendinitis.
• Foot and Ankle Care Surgical and non-surgical treatment of foot and ankle conditions including bunions, heel pain, hammertoes, flat feet, arthritis, neuromas, ankle instability, sports injuries, pediatric foot problems, and total ankle replacement surgery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90%+ satisfaction rate for total knee replacement patients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Central Indiana OrthopedicscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2025MCJR Zionsville location operates in partnership with Central Indiana Orthopedics, a partner practice with OrthoAlliance. Dr. Penrose sees patients at their Zionsville office.
• OrthoAlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCJR is a partner practice of OrthoAlliance, a network of leading orthopedic practices. OrthoAlliance is part of SCA Health, providing MCJR with the support and resources of a strong national healthcare organization.
• SCA HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCA Health is a national surgical and practice management organization serving more than two million patients each year across hundreds of clinical locations and physician practice clinics. MCJR benefits from this national network infrastructure and resources.
• Team Hope in MotioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCJR partners with Team Hope in Motion, a not-for-profit medical services organization providing free surgical treatment for patients in Antigua, Guatemala through Faith in Practice. Dr. Berend leads surgical teams for free knee replacements.
• Faith in PracticemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in Practice is the host organization enabling MCJR surgical teams to perform free joint replacement surgeries for underserved patients in Guatemala through Team Hope in Motion partnership.
• Tenwek Hospital (Kenya)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Joshua Carter has been connected with Tenwek Hospital in Kenya for many years. Tenwek is Kenya's largest mission hospital with over 400 beds. MCJR supports orthopedic training programs for young Kenyan orthopedic surgeons.
• American Health NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMCJR's Avon office is located at American Health Network offices. Dr. Miller and Dr. Hoffman see patients at this location for foot and ankle conditions.
• Franciscan Health MooresvillemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner hospital for inpatient joint replacement surgeries. MCJR surgeons perform approximately one-third of the hospital's ~2,500 annual joint replacement operations. Franciscan Mooresville has Joint Replacement Excellence Award and Patient Safety Excellence Award.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Direct peers

• OrthoIndy: Indiana's largest independent orthopedic practice, headquartered in Indianapolis with multiple locations and an orthopedic specialty hospital. Directly competes with MCJR in central Indiana for joint replacement volume and referring physicians.
• Rothman Orthopaedic Institute: Large, multi-region orthopedic specialty practice focused on joint replacement and sports medicine with ASCs and a national research profile. Closely comparable to MCJR in service mix, fellowship-trained talent, and ASC-enabled outpatient model.
• Anderson Orthopedic Clinic: Independent specialty orthopedic practice in the Mid-Atlantic with deep joint replacement focus and fellowship-trained surgeons. Operates an outpatient-friendly model with on-site ASCs, making it closely comparable to MCJR's clinical model.
• Steindler Orthopedic Clinic: Mid-sized independent orthopedic specialty practice in Iowa with strong joint replacement and sports medicine offerings. Similar in scale, ownership structure, and service mix to MCJR, though operating in a different state.
• OrthoCarolina: Large independent orthopedic specialty practice serving the Carolinas with deep joint replacement expertise and on-site ASCs. Closely comparable business model to MCJR; notably, MCJR surgeon Dr. Carter trained at OrthoCarolina's Hip & Knee Center.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS): National leader in orthopedic surgery and rheumatology based in New York, with a brand synonymous with joint replacement excellence. Functions as a broader incumbent in the same specialty category MCJR competes in, though at vastly greater scale and geography.
• Indiana University Health Orthopedics: Academic health system orthopedic service line in Indiana, employing orthopedic surgeons and operating ASCs and hospitals in Indianapolis. Overlaps with MCJR in hip/knee arthroplasty but operates as part of a much broader delivery system.
• Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic Institute: Nationally ranked orthopedic specialty program within a major multi-specialty health system. Overlaps with MCJR in arthroplasty procedures and research, but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Mayo Clinic Orthopedic Surgery: Nationally ranked orthopedic surgery program within Mayo Clinic, with deep joint replacement volume and research output. Functions as a broader incumbent in the same specialty; MCJR's Dr. Penrose trained at Mayo's Adult Reconstructive Surgery fellowship.

Others

• OrthoAlliance: MCJR's parent network of leading orthopedic practices, part of SCA Health. Functions as an ecosystem/strategic owner rather than a direct clinical competitor, but provides infrastructure and growth platform relevant to MCJR's trajectory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MCJRINDY
• Facebookfacebook.com/midwestcenterforjointreplacement

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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