Outpatient Spine

Samuel Joseph, MD, performed two different milestone spine procedures covered by Becker's ASC Review this year.

Jaime Gasco, MD, performed El Paso, Texas's first outpatient lumbar spinal fusion in a surgery center, according to a Dec. 8 LinkedIn post.

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The Hoag Orthopedic Institute Surgery Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., was the first ASC in the U.S. to perform a biportal endoscopic spinal surgery, according to a Dec. 1 news release emailed to Becker's.

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital is moving 70 percent of its orthopedic cases to a new Steadman Clinic ASC through a partnership, hospital officials told the Aspen Times in a Nov. 25 report. 

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,…