Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Aspen Surgery Center invested in the da Vinci X Surgical System, according to Devan Telken, director of business development at Surgery Partners.

Seven ASCs getting surgical robots:

Medicare's Procedure Price Lookup tool allows patients to compare the cost of services at ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.

Brian Schwartz, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, shared his input on outpatient total joints with Becker's ASC Review. Note: Responses have been lightly edited for style and clarity. 

Three recent orthopedic ASC mergers and acquisitions:

ASC manager and developer Regent Surgical Health is now managing the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center in Franklin, Tenn., a joint venture between Williamson Medical Center and the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee.

Banner Health has acquired Phoenix Orthopedic Associates, a physician practice based in Glendale, Ariz., according to Arizona Big Media.

The global knee reconstruction market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 5.3 percent from 2019 to 2025, according to a June report by Infinium.

ASCs should carefully approach robotics purchasing and integration to make the hefty investment worthwhile, according to Andrea Lessner, BSN, RN, who shared her thoughts with The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

Here are four new orthopedic ASCs and total joint programs either opened or announced last month:

More ASCs are looking to establish a total joint replacement program due to advancements in medical technologies and a push for more affordable healthcare.

Napoleon, Ohio-based Henry County Hospital launched an orthopedic service line Dec. 2.

  Dr. Samuel Messieh, who practices at Winter Haven (Fla.) Hospital, plans to establish an outpatient knee replacement program by the end of this year, according to the Ledger.

Steindler Orthopedic Clinic is now offering total knee replacements at Iowa City (Iowa) Ambulatory Surgical Center through its Joint Center of Excellence program.

The Physician Care Surgery Center in Royersford (Pa.) is scheduled to open late this year or early 2020, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Two new private equity platforms were established in the orthopedic sector in the third quarter of 2019, according to Provident Healthcare Partners' "Q3-2019 Physician Services Update."

Total hip replacement is safe to perform in both ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

The University of Rochester is planning to open a 330,000-square-foot, $240 million orthopedics center offering outpatient surgery and other services in Henrietta, N.Y.

Wilmington, N.C.-based New Hanover Regional Medical Center wants to dedicate its new $91 million patient tower to heart and vascular procedures instead of orthopedic and spine care, WilmingtonBiz reports.

Last year, Dr. Jim Ballard and Dr. Chris Nanson opened the Oregon Surgical Institute, where they perform total joint procedures and spine and orthopedics cases.