William Tobler, MD, a neurosurgeon with Cincinnati-based Mayfield Clinic, performed Cincinnati's first coflex® procedure in an ASC setting.
Outpatient Spine
The minimally invasive spine market is thriving, with the market likely to total $842.2 million by 2023, a ReportsnReports analysis found, according to medGadget.
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare opened a new outpatient clinic in Smyrna, Ga.
Xenco Medical expanded delivery for its ASC CerviKit, a compact delivery and storage platform for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures designed for the ASC setting.
How to set up total joint and spine programs at ASCs — and what to expect from insurers in 3-5 years
Surgeons across the country are beginning to perform outpatient total joint replacements and spine surgery in an ASC. Outpatient procedures are associated with lower infection rates and reduced costs, providing better value to the healthcare system.1
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Various forces in the industry — each with their own challenges — are pushing hospitals and spine- and orthopedics-focused ASCs together, but such relationships can be a win for all parties involved, according to a group of panelists at the…
Business aside, the keys to fostering strong, symbiotic relationships between specialty practices and their ASCs include the same basic tenets of any positive relationship.