Outpatient Spine

Multispecialty ambulatory surgery centers are increasingly incorporating orthopedic and spine procedure service lines, which have clear benefits compared to hospital settings for both patients and ASC operators.

OrthoArizona Scottsdale Surgery Center has added Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics, the company said Nov. 15. 

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Alliance Surgery Center and the Surgical Center at Saddleback, two ASCs affiliated with Surgical Care Affiliates, launched total joint replacement programs, SCA said Nov. 6. 

An insurer on Oct. 26 asked a California federal court to revoke an ASC's professional liability policy after it accused the surgery center and one of its spine surgeons of failing to disclose malpractice lawsuits in its insurance renewal application,…

The Shrewsbury (Mass.) Surgery Center performed its first outpatient spine procedure, the center said Oct. 25. 

Ortho Rhode Island surgeon Robert Marchand, MD, performed a robotics-assisted total joint replacement at the practice's ASC in Warwick, the company said Oct. 19. 

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A North Carolina ASC added two robotic-assisted surgical systems one year after opening.

Brunswick Surgery Center in Leland, N.C., added two robotic-assisted surgical systems one year after opening.