An orthopedic surgeon at Litchfield Hills Orthopedic Associates is now performing robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery, according to a June 24 news release.

Five quick statistics on the field of orthopedics, based on the Merritt Hawkins physician revenue calculator and the 2021 Medscape physician compensation report.

Lutherville, Md.-based Green Spring Station of Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center recently launched a total joint and electrophysiology program.

Mercy Cedar Rapids (Iowa) and Physicians' Clinic of Iowa are teaming up to expand outpatient orthopedic surgery offerings, local news station KGAN CBS 2 reported June 17. 

James Huston, MD, performed Lawrence (Kansas) Memorial Health's first same-day partial joint replacement with Stryker's Mako robot.

U.S. News & World Report's 2020-21 list of best hospitals for orthopedics is compiled with data from 1,638 hospitals that treated at least 278 Medicare inpatients in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

A New Hampshire practice has found a new home at Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital after its service agreement with another hospital was dropped.

The Surgical Center of Greensboro, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates, released the outcomes of its first 1,000 commercial prospective 90-day bundles in early June, showing high quality and significant savings.

Lutherville, Md.-based Green Spring Station of Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center recently launched a total joint and electrophysiology program, according to a June 14 email from the Baltimore-based health system.

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Ten total joint ASC physicians to know:

B. Bus Tarbox, MD, a sports medicine surgeon at Columbia (Mo.) Orthopedic Group said his patients' outcomes and satisfaction have improved since onboarding the Force Therapeutics patient engagement platform.

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The Middlesex Center for Advanced Orthopedic Surgery in Middletown, Conn., recently performed its first total joint replacement surgeries: a reverse total shoulder replacement surgery and a total knee replacement surgery, according to a May 27 press release.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island partnered with South County Health to complete robotic-assisted total joint replacements, according to a LinkedIn post by the practice. 

ASCs in four states have brought outpatient total joint replacements to their centers so far this year.

Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center performed its first outpatient Robotic Surgical Assistant knee and partial knee surgeries in an ASC.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Surgery Center Mountain View (Calif.), a Sutter Health affiliate, completed its first outpatient total joint replacement, according to a May 18 release. 

Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster (Pa.) is now performing outpatient joint replacement surgeries at the North Pointe Surgery Center, according to a May 18 press release.

Atlantic, N.J.-based AtlantiCare's new Center for Orthopedic Surgery performed its 100th total joint replacement May 14.