Orthopedics / TJR

Amy and David Krohn have committed to donating $6 million to Weston-based Cleveland Clinic Florida, the Sun Sentinel reports.

Space Coast Daily profiled Melbourne, Fla.-based First Choice Medical Group's Kenneth Sands, MD, for his work with outpatient total knee replacements.

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.

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…

Total joint replacements are increasingly moving to the outpatient setting.

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.

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. 

Over the past seven days, two major orthopedic groups with ASCs on opposite coasts signed partnerships with insurance companies to expand bundled payments.

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital named David Bindelglass, MD, its 2018 Physician of the Year, the CT Post reports.

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.