U.S. News & World Report's 2020-21 list of best hospitals for orthopedics is compiled with data from 1,638 hospitals that treated at least 278 Medicare inpatients in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

A New Hampshire practice has found a new home at Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital after its service agreement with another hospital was dropped.

The Surgical Center of Greensboro, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates, released the outcomes of its first 1,000 commercial prospective 90-day bundles in early June, showing high quality and significant savings.

Lutherville, Md.-based Green Spring Station of Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center recently launched a total joint and electrophysiology program, according to a June 14 email from the Baltimore-based health system.

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Ten total joint ASC physicians to know:

B. Bus Tarbox, MD, a sports medicine surgeon at Columbia (Mo.) Orthopedic Group said his patients' outcomes and satisfaction have improved since onboarding the Force Therapeutics patient engagement platform.

Ten total joint ASC physicians to know:

The Middlesex Center for Advanced Orthopedic Surgery in Middletown, Conn., recently performed its first total joint replacement surgeries: a reverse total shoulder replacement surgery and a total knee replacement surgery, according to a May 27 press release.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island partnered with South County Health to complete robotic-assisted total joint replacements, according to a LinkedIn post by the practice. 

ASCs in four states have brought outpatient total joint replacements to their centers so far this year.

Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center performed its first outpatient Robotic Surgical Assistant knee and partial knee surgeries in an ASC.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Surgery Center Mountain View (Calif.), a Sutter Health affiliate, completed its first outpatient total joint replacement, according to a May 18 release. 

Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster (Pa.) is now performing outpatient joint replacement surgeries at the North Pointe Surgery Center, according to a May 18 press release.

Atlantic, N.J.-based AtlantiCare's new Center for Orthopedic Surgery performed its 100th total joint replacement May 14.

Most orthopedic surgeons think they'll return to pre-COVID-19 income levels in the next three years, according to the Medscape Orthopedics Compensation Report 2021, released May 14.

Cleveland-based St. Vincent Charity Medical Center has launched a robotic joint center that allows for outpatient knee replacement procedures, Cleveland Jewish News reported May 13. 

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Snyder, MD, performed the first outpatient total knee arthroplasty using the Conformis iTotal G2 patient-specific total knee replacement system at an ASC, according to a May 5 press release. 

Surgeons in nine states performed at least 115 percent more total hip replacements in 2020 than in 2019, according to data from Definitive Healthcare.

Definitive Healthcare collected data on total hip replacements performed over the last two years by state and the case volume differential.