Springfield (Ill.) Clinic's ASC and endoscopy center expanded its services to include outpatient joint replacement procedures such as total knee and shoulder replacements.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, CMS removed total knee replacements from Medicare inpatient-only list.

Research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found outpatient joint surgery may be a safe and effective procedure compared to inpatient surgery.

Research published in The Journal of Arthroplasty found using an outpatient total hip arthroplasty care pathway resulted in better short-term outcomes than inpatient total hip arthroplasty.

Research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found the rate for adverse events following an outpatient total hip arthroplasty at a free-standing surgery center is low.

Research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty surveyed patients on their thoughts regarding outpatient knee and hip arthroplasties.

Over the past three months, several new orthopedic ASCs were opened, announced or developed across the country.

Shane M. Smith, MD, performed the first outpatient total joint replacement surgeries in Walton County at the Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic and at the Monroe, Ga.-based Piedmont Walton Hospital, the Walton Tribune reported.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem's Ravi Bashyal, MD, shared his insights on outpatient joint replacement surgery in a segment on Fox 32 News.

New research published in Anesthesiology found a blood management program for patients undergoing hip or knee replacement helped reduce the number of transfusions, overall blood use and improved outcomes.

The Cryoanalgesia device reduces pain for knee replacement patients by freezing nerves that affect pain fibers, Fox59 reported.

New research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found patients who had outpatient hip or knee arthroplasty surgery in an ASC had a higher level of satisfaction than patients who had undergone inpatient surgery.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists outlined current trends in outpatient total joint replacements in their Monitor newsletter.

Nearly five years ago, Excelsior Orthopaedics in western New York began a journey to offer outpatient total hip and knee replacement at an ambulatory surgery center.

Research published in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine shows acute pain is associated with chronic opioid use after total knee arthroplasty.

Due to advances in minimally invasive surgery techniques and more effective anesthesia, more total joint replacements are going to be performed in outpatient settings such as ASCs, according to Ortho ServiceLine.

James Van Horne, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in outpatient hip and knee replacements who practices at the Grants Pass, Ore.-based Paragon Orthopedic Center, shared his thoughts on the benefits of outpatient joint surgery at ASCs with DePuy Synthes and the Johnson & Johnson Institute.

Vail (Colo.) Summit Orthopaedics, Vail, Colo.-based Steadman Clinic, Vail (Colo.) Health and Breckenridge, Colo.-based Howard Head Sports Medicine proposed an 80,000 to 100,000 square foot orthopedic surgery and urgent care center in Dillon, Colo., Summit Daily reported.

Orthopedic surgeons David Evanich, MD, and Chris Evanich, MD, led One World Surgery teams to complete 59 total joint surgeries in one week at the Holy Family Surgery Center in Jalaca, Honduras.

Two Phoenix Spine & Joint surgery centers located in Goodyear, Ariz., and Scottsdale, Ariz. purchased two Navio Surgical Systems, allowing orthopedic surgeons to perform robotics-assisted total knee replacement procedures.