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Spine in ASCs: Where are We Headed?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., January 30, 2020 Will tumbleweeds soon drift through the halls of traditional hospitals, bereft of…
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Hospitals
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center debuts outpatient orthopedic surgery center, largest expansion of Hartford campus in a decade
By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN / January 15, 2020 In a joint venture with nearly two dozen physicians, St. Francis Hospital and…
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U.S. hospitals see first decline in outpatient visits since 1983
TARA BANNOW / January 7, 2020 For the first time in 35 years, U.S. hospitals delivered fewer outpatient visits in…
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Hospitals
HSS Expands to Brooklyn’s Industry City
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, will…
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They Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
By Rachel Bluth / August 30, 2019 Wolfgang Balzer, an engineer, knew for several years he had a hernia that would…
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First-of-a-Kind Study Finds Outpatient Joint Replacement Patients “As Satisfied” — If Not More — Than Inpatients
CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A new study found that joint replacement patients who go home the day of surgery are as…
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Financial
Orthopedic Industry Surpasses $50 Billion in Global Revenue
June 3, 2019 – Mike Evers / ORTHOWORLD’s Market Analyst Orthopedic industry revenue reached $51 billion worldwide in 2018 and…
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Should Medicare Allow Outpatient Knee Replacement? Doctors Are Deeply Split
By CHRISTINA JEWETT – DEC. 20, 2016 Five years ago, Dr. Ira Kirschenbaum, an orthopedic surgeon in the Bronx who replaces…
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CMS Publishes 2017 Final Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Rule Increasing Outpatient Facility Reimbursement for MIS SI Joint Fusion Using SI-BONE’s iFuse Implant System®
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse Implant System® (“iFuse”),…
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Robotics
The Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Englewood, NJ and Mazor Robotics Announce the First Installation of the Renaissance(R) System in an Ambulatory Outpatient Setting in the Northeast
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mazor Robotics Inc., a developer of innovative guidance systems and complementary products,…
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Spine
8 spine codes CMS proposes for ASC coverage in 2017
Written by Laura Dyrda CMS is proposing to add eight spine codes to the list of ASC covered procedures in 2017,…
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Spine
Dr. Mick Perez-Cruet’s takeaways on MIS & outpatient spine
Written by Megan Wood Neurosurgeon Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, of Southfield-based Michigan Head & Spine Institute, offers his insight on minimally invasive…
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Recon
Trend Shifts Toward Outpatient Orthopedic Procedures
BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Decision Resources Group finds that in spite of a longstanding discrepancy between hospital…
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Spine
First Outpatient Spinal Surgery Performed at Seaside Surgery Center
By Ginny Cooper According to his wife, Courtney Eagleston is used to being a “guinea pig.” The 79-year-old had…
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