Lewis & Clark Outpatient Surgery in Lewiston, Idaho, has begun offering same-day knee replacements using Mako robotic-arm assisted technology, according to a December announcement.
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MagnaCare and Mount Sinai Health, both in New York, partnered to develop a Center of Excellence program for total joint replacement surgery, according to a Dec. 15 news release.
Wooster (Ohio) Ambulatory Surgery Center installed Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics System to offer robotically-assisted total and partial knee replacements, The Daily Record reported Dec. 13.
Hip and knee reconstruction specialist Joshua Rozell, MD, helped pioneer same-day joint replacement surgeries at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. For his team, careful patient selection and surgical planning have been key to quality outcomes.
Harpreet Bawa, MD, of Van Nuys-based Southern California Orthopedic Institute is expected to perform the San Fernando Valley region's first outpatient hip replacement using Stryker's Mako robot, according to a Dec. 8 press release.
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Surgery Center of Pinehurst (N.C.) logged its first robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty case on Dec. 3, according to Paul Kostansek, program development manager at Zimmer Biomet Robotics.
Executives from New York hospitals are fighting to keep profitable orthopedic procedures despite pressure from CMS and private payers to transition lower-acuity procedures to the ASC setting, Buffalo Business First reported Dec. 13.
Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics is building a medical center and headquarters in Manatee County, Fla., the practice announced Dec. 2.
Bundled payments in orthopedics are becoming more sophisticated as surgeons collect data and develop standards based on analytics insights.
Flagstaff (Ariz.) Bone & Joint surgeons are seeing an increase in patient volume due to injuries as people seek more outdoor activity amid the pandemic, according to a report in the Arizona Daily Sun.