Springfield (Ill.) Clinic's ASC and endoscopy center expanded its services to include outpatient joint replacement procedures such as total knee and shoulder replacements.
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, CMS removed total knee replacements from Medicare inpatient-only list.
Research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found outpatient joint surgery may be a safe and effective procedure compared to inpatient surgery.
Research published in The Journal of Arthroplasty found using an outpatient total hip arthroplasty care pathway resulted in better short-term outcomes than inpatient total hip arthroplasty.
Research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found the rate for adverse events following an outpatient total hip arthroplasty at a free-standing surgery center is low.
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Research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty surveyed patients on their thoughts regarding outpatient knee and hip arthroplasties.
Over the past three months, several new orthopedic ASCs were opened, announced or developed across the country.
Shane M. Smith, MD, performed the first outpatient total joint replacement surgeries in Walton County at the Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic and at the Monroe, Ga.-based Piedmont Walton Hospital, the Walton Tribune reported.
Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem's Ravi Bashyal, MD, shared his insights on outpatient joint replacement surgery in a segment on Fox 32 News.
New research published in Anesthesiology found a blood management program for patients undergoing hip or knee replacement helped reduce the number of transfusions, overall blood use and improved outcomes.