After participating in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program at his local hospital, a group of total joint surgeons in Greensboro, NC realized they could implement similar bundled payments with their Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) surgery center. They hatched…
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Knoxville (Tenn.) Orthopaedic Clinic, a division of OrthoTennessee, partnered with Humana to provide Humana's Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with access to outpatient hip and knee replacements at Knoxville Orthopaedic Surgery Center.
Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics participated in Operation Walk USA last year, delivering a total hip replacement at no cost to a patient without the means to pay for surgery.
El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Consensus Orthopedics created the TracPatch to help providers monitor a patient's post-total knee replacement recovery.
WMBF profiled Peter Ramsey, MD, of Coastal Orthopedics in Conway, S.C, because of a recent total hip replacement procedure he performed.
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Orthopedic surgeon Michael Ast, MD, moved to the Lawrenceville, N.J. area several years ago, bringing with him the goal to offer outpatient total joint replacement the region.
New research published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery examined how obesity levels impact pain relief and functional gain before and after total joint replacement procedures.
The American Joint Replacement Registry released its 2016 annual report, offering analytical insights into the U.S. total joint arthroplasty network.
Outpatient total joint replacements are becoming more common, and ASCs are expanding capabilities to accommodate them.
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County's ASC, The Surgery Center at Orthopedic Associates, introduced outpatient total joint replacements.