Early findings suggest New Jersey's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled payment program reduces length of stay for Medicare patients.
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The outmigration of total joint cases isn't slowing down anytime soon, according to Michael Redler, MD, who spoke to Becker's ASC Review in May.
Orthopedic surgeons generate more net revenue for hospitals than gastroenterologists, noninvasive cardiologists, internal medicine physicians and oncologists, on average, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2019 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey.
Michael Redler, MD, is a founding partner of The Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Trumbull, Conn.
Orthopedic procedure prices are higher at hospital outpatient departments than ASCs in Virginia, according to a report from Virginia Health Information.
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More than half of all non-fracture knee and hip replacements will be performed in the outpatient setting by 2028, health consultant firm Sg2 predicts.
Surgery centers should prepare for "tremendous outpatient growth" in the total joint replacement sector, according to Amanda Olderog, a director at health consultant firm Sg2 whose insights were published in ASC Focus.
A surgeon at Newberry, S.C.-based Palmetto Bone & Joint performed the state's first outpatient robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery.
Orthopedic surgeons generate more net revenue for hospitals than gastroenterologists, noninvasive cardiologists, internal medicine physicians and oncologists, on average, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2019 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey.
A ransomware attack hit the surgeon-owner of ActivYouth Orthopedics in Paramus, N.J., according to SPAMfighter.