Joint replacement outpatients are as happy, if not happier than, their inpatient counterparts, according to a survey presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, March 12-16 in Las Vegas.
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James Van Horne, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon focused exclusively on total joint replacements. He performs around 500 to 600 cases per year and one-third of his patients are commercial insurance beneficiaries; the remaining are Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries.
CMS' proposal to add total knee arthroplasty to the ASC covered procedures list in 2020 is "long overdue," according to Michael Gillman, MD, CMO and founder of Las Vegas-based BullsEye Ortho.
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.
Becker's ASC Review reported on the opening or expansion of three ASCs offering orthopedics services in July:
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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:
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.