The annual earnings among orthopedic surgeons in the U.S. can vary by up to $426,640, depending on the city one practices in, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey.
Total joint replacements are becoming more common in the outpatient surgery center as technology advances, pain management improves and organizations build an infrastructure around recovering at home.
The Surgery Center Cedar Rapids (Iowa) now offers hip and knee replacements using device manufacturer Stryker’s Mako SmartRobotics system, CBS affiliate KGAN reported May 29.
Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy and Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health have broken ground on an ASC in West Lafayette, Ind., according to a May 15 report from the Herald Journal.
As several different physician specialties, including orthopedics, continue to move to the ASC setting, there are several considerations that executives and physicians need to make when deciding whether or not to open an ASC, according to an April 16 a…