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New system for outpatient total hip replacement launches: 4 insights
OrthoGrid Systems launched its new patent-protected HipGrid Nine System for outpatient total hip replacement. -
Heartland Orthopedics performs milestone joint replacement — 3 insights
Alexandria, Minn.-based Heartland Orthopedic Specialists performed its 5,000th joint replacement procedure since September 2008, Echo Press reports. -
The rising popularity of hip arthroscopies at ambulatory surgery centers
Hip arthroscopy is a safe, effective procedure to treat hip pain. This surgery is used to diagnose problems that otherwise may damage the labrum, articular cartilage or other soft tissues in the hip joint. -
7 considerations for private equity investments in orthopedics
While private equity investments have historically focused on recapitalizations in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and ophthalmology, Foley & Lardner partner Roger D. Strode anticipates a future wave of orthopedic practice acquisitions. -
Virginia couple donates $6M to Cleveland Clinic Florida for orthopedic surgery improvements — 4 insights
Amy and David Krohn have committed to donating $6 million to Weston-based Cleveland Clinic Florida, the Sun Sentinel reports. -
Dr. Kenneth Sands profiled for outpatient knee replacement work — 4 insights
Space Coast Daily profiled Melbourne, Fla.-based First Choice Medical Group's Kenneth Sands, MD, for his work with outpatient total knee replacements. -
'This will be the national standard of care': 3 Madison Physician Surgery Center leaders discuss outpatient TJR
Since Madison (Miss.) Physician Surgery Center launched its outpatient total joint program in 2015, physicians at the ASC have taken on more than 800 cases. Arthroplasty surgeon Jeff Almand, MD, performed 300 cases at the center in 2017 alone. -
Total joint surgery: Motivation for migration to the outpatient setting
Opportunity and Momentum for ASCs The momentum for the migration of total joint surgeries from the hospital inpatient setting to the hospital outpatient setting and the ASC setting has been favorably impacted by technological advances, surgical techniques, increased effectiveness in postoperative care, and—the single most important factor—the demand for the US to decrease the total cost of healthcare. -
Total joints in ASCs: 3 orthopedic surgeons answer 6 big questions
Total joint replacements are increasingly moving to the outpatient setting. -
Dr. Richard Rothman hangs up the scalpel — Retires to pursue entrepreneurial interests
Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute Founder Richard Rothman, MD, 81, performed his last surgery May 16, putting a 50-year surgical career to rest, Philly.com reports. -
Proliance Eastside Surgery Center earns 1st SwiftPath ASC joint replacement certification
The SwiftPath Program rolled out a certification for ASCs that adopt and adhere to the standards it developed for safe, reliable outpatient hip and knee replacements. -
2 orthopedic groups with ASCs partner with insurers on bundled payments in the same week: 5 things to know
Over the past seven days, two major orthopedic groups with ASCs on opposite coasts signed partnerships with insurance companies to expand bundled payments. -
Dr. David Bindelglass named Connecticut hospital's Physician of the Year — 4 insights
Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital named David Bindelglass, MD, its 2018 Physician of the Year, the CT Post reports. -
Amid booming baby boomer business, millennial demand for orthopedic services rocketing — 5 insights
Orthopedic services are already in high demand because of an aging baby boomer population, but a new generation is causing demand to grow even higher, according to a recent survey from Cox Health Marketing. -
MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center now offers less invasive hip replacement: 4 insights
Laguna Hills, Calif.-based MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center is now offering an anterior approach to hip replacement. -
Rick Epstein takes the reigns at OMNIlife science — 4 highlights
Former Sonoma Orthopedic Products President and CEO Rick Epstein joined OMNIlife science as CEO. -
DePuy Synthes' Attune Knee System improves quality of life, reduces length of stay — 3 insights
DePuy Synthes outlined the potential benefits of its Attune Knee System finding it improved patients' quality of life and reduced their total length of stay. -
Total joints in ASCs: 4 common questions answered
Outpatient total joint replacement volumes are expected to increase 104 percent in the next five years while inpatient volumes will likely decrease, according to The Advisory Board 2017 Orthopedics and Spine Market Trends report. -
Hoag Orthopedic Institute hosts 1st mock surgery event — 5 highlights
Hoag Orthopedic Institute Surgery Center – Newport Beach (Calif.) welcomed more than two dozen students to participate in a mock surgery. -
Orthopedic Associates of Hartford expands — 3 insights
Orthopedic Associates of Hartford (Conn.) opened a new location in the New Haven, Conn., area, Patch reports.
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