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DOCTORS JOIN EARLY RELEASE PARADE
The march toward single-day joint replacement surgery goes on. The biggest impediment to patients returning to their homes following hip or knee replacement surgery, according to many surgeons, is...
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DePuy offers ambulatory surgery outpatient solutions for joint replacement...
DePuy Synthes Companies announces the national launch of the DEPUY SYNTHES ADVANTAGE™ Outpatient Solutions Program to facilitate best practices and protocols for joint replacement in ambulatory...
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Device Makers Need to Prepare For Move to Increased Outpatient Procedures
Device makers have historically cultivated close ties with surgeons and hospitals, but the move toward value-based care is prompting both hospitals and payers to scrutinize where costs can be saved....
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Same-day hip replacements get patients back on their feet
Debbie Spina is a supervisor for the radiology department at the Hospital for Joint Diseases at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. But when CBS News met her this spring, she was a patient...
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Hospitals fret as joint replacements move to outpatient centers
Before Stacey Cook received the first of two hip replacements last year at an outpatient surgery center in Davenport, Iowa, his surgeon, Dr. John Hoffman, told him he would be standing and walking...
View ArticleOrthopedic ASC Market Growth Inevitable, Despite CMS TKA Ruling
Orthopedics and spine surgery procedures are starting to migrate to outpatient settings, ambulatory surgery centers in particular. Medtech companies are thinking about how to best to gear up for the...
View ArticleConformis’ Surprising Strategic Shift to Standard Knee Implants
Will Conformis inadvertently diminish the value of its customized knee implants it’s known for by adding a “standard” knee to its portfolio? The orthopedic company known for its customized knee...
View ArticleSurgery as We Know It May Never Be the Same after Covid-19
Surgery volumes have rebounded faster than expected, but the process of having surgery in a post-pandemic world may never be the same. Most medical device companies took a big hit on revenue during...
View ArticleSmith+Nephew is taking the road less traveled with its ortho surgical robotics
British medtech giant Smith+Nephew chose a different path in the ortho surgical robotics space. One of its top robotics program leaders explains how it could make all the difference. Faster, smaller...
View ArticleStryker, Zimmer shift strategies to capitalize on growing ASC market
Now that Medicare has caught up to private payers and opening up coverage policies to ambulatory surgery centers, experts see the procedure migration to ASCs accelerating. The shift of procedures from...
View ArticleVirtual physical therapy: A new horizon in ambulatory arthroplasty recovery
Discovering that a well-supported, evidence-based virtual physical therapy program produces the same functional and patient-reported outcomes as outpatient physical therapy—even for ambulatory TKA...
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