San Rafael, Calif.-based Marin Specialty Surgery Center is moving to a larger location later this year to accommodate outpatient total joint procedures, according to the North Bay Business Journal.

Joel Matta, MD, pioneered the anterior approach for total hip replacement in the United States in 1996, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip disorders at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., and the co-founder and chairman of the Anterior Hip Foundation.

The surgical site infection risk is low for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Medscape's 2019 orthopedist compensation report includes statistics on administrative workload and the challenges orthopedists face on the job.

Vishal Mehta, MD, is president of Fox Valley Orthopedics in Geneva, Ill.

Pacific Healthcare Imaging, which specializes in selling pre-owned, used or refurbished medical devices, ranked the top four C-Arms for orthopedic surgery centers:

Partial knee arthroplasty procedures are among the many services shifting from hospital settings to freestanding ASCs, according to an Advisory Board report.

Healthcare Appraisers' 2019 ASC valuation survey provides insight on payers, ASC value and more.

Vantage Surgery Center is offering same-day total joint replacement procedures after moving from Medford, N.J., to a new building in Moorestown, N.J.

More orthopedists are satisfied with their pay than in past years, according to Medscape's 2019 orthopedist compensation report, which provides details on salary, hours worked and job challenges.

Surgeons performed the first outpatient total knee and hip arthroplasty surgeries this month at Michigan Medicine's Ann Arbor-based Brighton Center for Specialty Care.

Moby Parsons, MD, performed the Seabrook, N.H.-based Atlantic Coast Surgical Suites' first navigated outpatient reverse shoulder replacement using the Exactech GPS system.

Analysts predict the global market for arthroscopy products and sports medicine implants will hit $9 billion by 2023, up from $7.3 billion in 2018, according to Medtech Insight. 

Hendersonville, Tenn.-based Indian Lake Surgery Center is among SurgCenter Development's 101 facilities performing outpatient joint replacements, according to Pam Arnold, RN, the facility's administrator.

SurgCenter Development facilities have performed thousands of outpatient joint replacements across the U.S.

Here are seven orthopedics-driven ASCs that were opened or announced in March and April:

Brighton (Mich.) Center for Specialty Care now offers total hip and total knee arthroplasty.

Hospital length of stay is decreasing for total knee arthroplasty, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

At the Surgery Center at Pelham, careful patient management leads to successful total joint replacement surgeries in the outpatient setting, while payer management leads to profitable financial outcomes.

Minneapolis-based Twin Cities Orthopedics significantly reduced opioid use by implementing new protocols at its 48 facilities and urgent care clinics, without lowering patient satisfaction or affecting pain scores.