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ORX Awards 2021 - Financial Management - Knowledge Is Power
The Surgery Center of Fairbanks was rolling along, kept afloat by revenue from GI cases and other small procedures, while its leadership was blissfully unaware that the...
August 19, 2021
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August 18, 2021
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Live Workshop: The Keys to Success in Total Joints
Total joints are rapidly migrating to the outpatient arena and represent a growth opportunity for ASCs, but adding cases doesn’t automatically equate to excellent...
The Tools of the Orthopedic Trade
Orthopedic surgeons are like star athletes, engaging in a highly physical profession that takes a significant toll on their bodies. David Ruch, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Duke...
Patient Selection Drives Total Joints
Identifying the right candidates for surgery is the first and most critical aspect of successful outpatient total joints programs. "Patient selection is everything," says...
Optimizing Outcomes in Fracture Repair
Hand and wrist fracture repairs are rapidly moving from hospital settings to freestanding ambulatory surgery centers because surgeons have proven they can...
What’s the Best Way to Replace Hips?
Ask a dozen orthopedic surgeons if they prefer to enter the hip from the front or back during joint replacement procedures and you might get a dozen different answers....
New AAOS President Discusses What’s Next in Orthopedics
Daniel K. Guy, MD, FAAOS, discusses the continuing migration of procedures to outpatient settings, challenges facing the specialty, exciting “reality” devices, the opioid crisis and why diverse patients need to see themselves in their orthopods.
Top-Notch Total Joints
If you're running a successful outpatient total joint program and want to increase case volumes, the future is bright. Last year, CMS began paying for total knees performed in...
Should You Add Uni-Knees?
Though often considered more of a niche procedure, replacing only the diseased part of the knee offers advantages to the right patient, including a faster recovery and higher satisfaction with the overall results, says...
February 24, 2021
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The Case for Consolidating Orthopedic Suppliers
Total joints are a hot specialty and orthopedic vendors want a piece of the action. Leveraging your facility’s current case volumes and the expected explosive growth of...
Finding the Right Fit For Knee Replacements
I replace about a thousand knees a year and treat each one as a unique case when restoring the joint's normal range of motion and stability. Soft tissues guide me to how...
On Point: Exciting Opportunities in Orthopedics
I've always been a big believer in the potential of performing complex joint procedures on an outpatient basis. I performed my first outpatient total hip 20 years ago,...
Robotic Assistance Improves Knee Replacements
What if your surgeons had the ability to perform the perfect knee replacement, limiting against soft tissue damage and ensuring they had the right bone cut every time?...
Same-Day Hips Are a Recipe for Success
Hip replacements may be thought of as elective surgery, but not for the patients who need a new joint. After trying to manage their chronic pain with anti-inflammatories,...
Tips for Taking on Total Shoulders
Shoulder replacements were already moving strongly in the direction of outpatient facilities before the pandemic hit. Within the outpatient world, I've seen a steady move...
Performing Complex Surgery and Cutting-Edge Research
How did you become linked with ice hockey? I was a team physician for the University of Minnesota hockey team, which won two...
Should You Add Total Joints?
When our surgery center launched its joint replacement program in 2017, we were the first freestanding ASC in Mass-achusetts to offer the procedures. Since then,...