The cataract surgery devices market is growing globally due to a range of factors, as reported by a Future Market Insights report, according to medGadget.
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Future Market Insights launched a report on the cataract surgery market.
Dallas-based Tenet Health and Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International merged in 2015 to become the largest ASC chain in the United States, currently touting a portfolio of 470 centers in the third quarter of 2016.
Naples, Fla.-based Seaside Surgery Center is the first ASC in South Florida to offer Mako Partial Knee replacement surgery.
Qventus made its artificial intelligence software available for the perioperative environment, including the operating room.
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David Ming Pon, MD, an ophthalmologist based in Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for convincing patients they needed treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration when they didn't have the disease at all, according to a Medscape report.
Eye Consultants of Atlanta added Daniel Hwang, MD, to its staff, MDJOnline reports.
There are double the number of single specialty Medicare-certified ASCs as there are multispecialty ASCs, according to the MedPAC 2017 Annual Report. There were 2,878 single specialty ASCs and 1,802 multispecialty ASCs.
The top 20 highest volume procedures for Medicare patients in ASCs account for 70.4 percent of the total Medicare patient volume.
A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines long term outcomes for reverse total shoulder replacement.