Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including 10 in North Carolina. 

Healthgrades released a list with the top 112 hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, and 16 of them are located in the Midwest.

Orthopedics is the most common ASC specialty, according to December data from the ASC Association.

Orthopedics is the most common ASC specialty, according to the ASC Association.

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including one in San Francisco.

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including one in New York City. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including six in New York. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including two in Florida. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including three in Texas. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including 13 in California. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including four in Arizona. 

Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics has added two surgical robots — Cori by Smith + Nephew and Velys by DePuy Synthes — to its ASC. The new robots will join the Stryker Mako robot the ASC currently uses for knee replacement procedures. 

Andrew Lovewell joined the Becker's Ambulatory Surgery Centers podcast to talk about the future of orthopedics in ASCs and his practice's unique approach to growth.

Wayne, N.J.-based Elite Surgical Center has completed its 200th total joint replacement case. 

Powder River Surgery Center in Gillette, Wyo., has acquired the city's first robotic surgical assistant, according to a June 24 news release.

Vincera Institute, a sports medicine facility in Philadelphia, has issued a notice regarding a ransomware attack that occurred April 29.

Cincinnati-based Mayfield Spine Surgery Center performed 3.2 percent of the country's spine surgeries in 2022, according to a June report Definitive Healthcare. 

In May, Healthgrades released an inaugural list of the best hospitals nationwide for outpatient hip, knee and total joint replacements. 

The average cost of a knee arthroscopy with cartilage removal at an ASC is $3,412, compared to $5,226 at a hospital outpatient department, according to data from Sidecar Health's care price calculator. 

 Specialists One-Day Surgery Center in Syracuse, N.Y., performed 1.6 percent of the ASC industry's total joint replacements in 2022, according to a May report from Definitive Healthcare.