CVS plans to launch a pilot program this summer to help Aetna knee replacement surgery patients with care before and after their procedures, an Aetna spokesperson confirmed to Becker's ASC Review.
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Becker's ASC Review reported on the opening or expansion of three ASCs offering orthopedics services in July:
Orthopedic surgeons who specialize in hand surgery or sports medicine have worked in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) for a long time.
Flowood, Miss.-based Capital Ortho clinicians performed a partial knee replacement using the Navio robotic system.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses outlined key steps to establishing an outpatient total joint program. Here are three of them:
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Total joint and spine center developer MUVE Health partnered with digital health joint venture Quil to reduce cost and improve outcomes for total joint replacement surgery.
Surgeons at Southern Colorado's largest orthopedic practice are now using a robotic arm for total knee replacement surgery.
Orthopedists have one of the highest starting salaries for physicians, and generate over $3 million for hospitals, according to surveys conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins.
Surgeons at Spectrum Orthopaedics in North Canton, Ohio, have been performing total joints for about four years, according to Michael Lykins, DO, and Tim Conlan, MD, who discussed the program on LiveonLakeside.
McMinnville, Ore.-based Willamette Valley Medical Center’s Joint Replacement Institute of Oregon program has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacements.