From robotic arm-assisted surgeries to pricing comparisons, below are five total joint replacement updates to know:
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New York City-based EMU Health performed its first outpatient total knee replacement.
Below are 10 physicians performing total joint replacements at ASCs:
Here are 550+ ASCs wtih total joint replacements in 2022.
Medicare's price lookup tool compares cost breakdowns and patient costs for several procedures done at ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, including total hip and total knee replacements.
Tallahassee (Fla.) Orthopedic Clinic now provides robotic arm-assisted total and partial knee replacements using Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics application, according to a Jan. 31 Tallahassee Democrat article.
Surgical Care Affiliates' Pocono Ambulatory Surgery Center recently performed a total hip arthroplasty, the first to be done by a Surgical Care Affiliates ASC in Pennsylvania.
Atlas Healthcare Partners' Banner Surgery Center-Thunderbird in Glendale, Ariz., recently performed its first total knee replacement and first partial shoulder replacement on the same day, Atlas said Jan. 26.
Below are 10 physicians performing total joint replacements at ASCs:
The ASC landscape has changed dramatically over the last several years, and the most significant shifts and growth have emerged since 2019. In decades past, patients and insurance providers remained reluctant to pursue surgical procedures in an outpatient setting. Now,…
