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U of New Mexico building $21M orthopedic center
The University of New Mexico is building a $21 million orthopedic facility at its campus in Rio Rancho, N.M., to unite its clinical and research activities in one building, local NPR affiliate KRWG reports. -
West Virginia surgery center begins offering total knee replacements
Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Tri-State Surgical Center is now offering patients access to total knee replacement surgeries, The Journal reports. -
Protocol changes facilitate outpatient knee surgeries at Florida system — 4 details
The University of Miami Health System changed its anesthesia and rehabilitation protocols to accommodate same-day knee replacement surgery, according to Local10.com. -
Massachusetts ASC introduces total hip replacements
The Surgery Center at Shrewsbury (Mass.) recorded its first total hip replacement surgery. -
266 orthopedic procedures CMS may remove from the inpatient-only list in 2021
CMS released the 2021 proposed payment rule for hospital outpatient departments and ASCs on Aug. 4. -
A $2B delay — What ASCs, hospitals are missing out on when shutting down joint replacement programs
It's believed that COVID-19-related elective surgery cancellations at hospitals and ASCs cost both facilities around $5 billion in lost revenue, a Kaiser Health News analysis published in Fortune concludes. -
Regent ASC successfully launches total joint program in 6th month of operation
A Franklin, Tenn.-based ASC is launching a total joint program just six months after opening. -
Ohio health system opening orthopedic center — 3 insights
Zanesville, Ohio-based Genesis HealthCare System is building an orthopedic care center to consolidate all its orthopedic services into one building, CantonRep.com reports. -
5 ASCs introducing total joints in 2020
ASCs performing same-day total joint replacement have been "made all the more important by the recent coronavirus epidemic," said Thomas Vikoren, MD, in a May interview with the Bucks County Courier Times. -
Virginia surgery center adds TKR to offerings
Surgical Suites of Coastal Virginia logged its first outpatient total knee replacement in late July. -
Connecticut ASC invests in robotics — 3 details
Danbury-based Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center is now equipped with Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics system, according to a July 29 announcement. -
Oregon ASC aims to stand out with Stryker robot
Bend, Ore.-based Cascade Surgicenter now uses Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery System in total joint replacements. -
Ohio ASC surgeon uses rare robot in 5 knee patients — 4 details
This month, Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro's Mark Gittins, DO, became one of three orthopedic surgeons in the world to use Smith+Nephew's new hand-held robotics platform, the CORI Surgical System. -
Freestanding ASC brings Zimmer Biomet robot to South Carolina
The Surgery Center at Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery in Columbia, S.C., completed its first cases using Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee System. -
Denver hospital using new total hip replacement procedure — What ASCs should know
Denver-based Swedish Medical Center is using Portal Assisted Total and Hip, a new hip replacement procedure going by the acronym PATH, local NBC affiliate 9News reports. -
Catholic Health, local surgeons partner for orthopedic clinical management program
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health and a group of local surgeons partnered to create the Catholic Health Orthopedic Management Co., in an attempt to standardize practices, processes and procedures across the healthcare system, Buffalo Business First reports. -
Illinois ASC debuts outpatient total joints
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Barrington Orthopedic Specialists is now offering outpatient total joint replacement at Schaumburg Surgery Center. -
14 celebrities who have undergone hip surgeries
Fourteen celebrities who have had total hip replacements: -
CMS to reimburse for regenerative orthopedic product in ASCs
CMS updated the reimbursement calculation for Wright Medical's Augment regenerative solutions to allow for Medicare beneficiaries to undergo procedures with the product in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments. -
Alaska ASC is state's 1st to integrate total joint robot — 3 details
The Surgery Center of Wasilla (Alaska) is the first outpatient surgery center in the state to offer robotic-assisted total joint technology.
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