Orthopedics / TJR

COVID-19 has ushered in long-lasting changes in healthcare, according to Benjamin Domb, MD, founder and medical director of the American Hip Institute & Orthopedic Specialists in Des Plaines, Ill.

The most common specialties for multispecialty Medicare-certified ASCs are orthopedics and pain management, according to data from CMS.

United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, W.Va., was designated a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacements, according to local NBC outlet 12 WBOY.

Here are 10 things to know about orthopedics and orthopedic surgery in ASCs.

Several surgeons from independent practices in Erie County, N.Y., signed hospital agreements while awaiting state clearance to reopen their facilities, according to the Buffalo Business Journal.

The anterior and posterior incision approaches to total hip replacement deliver equivalent outcomes, according to a study of patients treated at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Before COVID-19 drastically altered day-to-day life in the U.S., a different crisis was center stage. It was one of the country’s most significant public health issues of the last decade, linked to an estimated 72,000 deaths in 2017 alone.

As an independent orthopedic surgical practice with a more than 40-year history in Illinois, Elgin-based Midwest Bone & Joint Institute weathered the COVID-19 pandemic without having to lay off or furlough a single staff member.

Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists will resume elective surgeries at Specialists' One-Day Surgery Center, after having to delay the procedures in March, LocalSyr.com reports.

Outpatient surgery centers are well-suited for a post-COVID-19 world, Thomas Vikoren, MD, told the Bucks County Courier Times.