Surgeons at OrthoArizona's Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix are now performing anterior hip replacements.
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The Suffern, N.Y.-based Good Samaritan Hospital opened its new orthopedic surgery center Aug. 20, according to the Rockland Times.
The following seven practices have added total joint procedures in 2019:
Total knee and hip replacements are moving into the outpatient setting, but the transition may be slower than expected.
CMS proposed a payment rate of $8,639.97 for total knee arthroplasty in its 2020 outpatient and ASC prospective payment system proposed rule.
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Brian Busconi, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and chief of the division of Sports Medicine at Worcester-based UMass Memorial Medical Center. He is also the medical director at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury (Mass) where he also performs surgery. After…
The UPMC Health Plan recognized Kittanning, Pa.-based Armstrong Center for Medicine and Health Hospital as a hip and knee joint replacement center of excellence, according to the Kittanning Paper.
Total hip arthroplasty can be safely performed in both ASC and hospital outpatient settings, according to a study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.
Here are five recent updates about outpatient total joint replacement:
Just 15 percent of the 900,000 hip and knee joint replacements performed in the U.S. in 2016 were done in an outpatient setting, but Sg2 researchers predict that percentage will rise dramatically — and soon.