--- title: The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis (2) description: UbiCare provides total engagement solutions enabling hospitals to be at the forefront of patient-centered innovation and value-based care through targeted education, mobile connections and real time data. (2) --- [![logo](https://blog.ubicare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ubicare_Image/logo.png?width=250&name=logo.png)](http://www.ubicare.com/) - [Home](https://ubicare.com/) - [About](https://ubicare.com/about-ubicare/) - [Blog](https://blog.ubicare.com/) - [Client Login](https://mobile.ubicare.com) - [Contact Us](https://ubicare.com/contact/) ## [Virtual Patient Engagement: Critical for ASCs Competing for TJRs](https://blog.ubicare.com/virtual-patient-engagement-critical-for-ascs) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Mar 10, 2021 10:34:11 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Patient%20Engagement%20Critical%20for%20ASCs_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/virtual-patient-engagement-critical-for-ascs) ## How does an Ambulatory Surgery Center manage the continuum of care and associated risks without the traditional infrastructure of hospitals, while also keeping costs under control? [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/virtual-patient-engagement-critical-for-ascs) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/virtual-patient-engagement-critical-for-ascs#comments-listing) Topics: [joint replacement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/joint-replacement), [ASC](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/asc) ## [New CMS Rules Represent Tremendous Opportunity for ASCs](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Mar 9, 2021 6:04:35 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Opportunity%20for%20ASCs_B_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity) In 2021, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) authorized payment to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for outpatient hip replacement surgeries, adding to the outpatient knee replacement surgeries authorized the previous year.  The size and projected market growth for outpatient total knee and hip replacement surgeries represent tremendous opportunity—with a projected $13.5B in total joint replacement (TJR) business for ASCs, and nearly half of all joint replacement surgeries expected to move to outpatient centers by 2026. But while the market and opportunity for ASCs is enormous, so are the challenges, as: [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/cms), [joint replacement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/joint-replacement), [ASC](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/asc) ## [Flu Shots Are a Top Healthcare Priority This Year](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Nov 5, 2020 7:15:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/2020-flu-shot-blog_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year) ## How Do You Make Sure Your Patients Get the Message? According to the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/index.html), “reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses, like flu, this fall and winter is more important than ever.” Keeping people healthy during flu season and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic will be particularly important – and challenging. So how do hospitals, health systems and medical practices attract patients’ attention, counter misinformation and successfully urge patients to get the flu vaccine? How do you ensure that patients receive critical messages that can impact care, outcomes and cost? [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/flu-shots-are-a-top-healthcare-priority-this-year#comments-listing) Topics: [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [UbiCare](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/ubicare), [SmarteXp](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/smartexp), [patient education](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-education), [COVID-19](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/covid-19) ## [Digital Communication with Patients Improves Care Outcomes and Decreases Costs, particularly in COVID-19 fallout](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-communication-with-patients-improves-care-outcomes-and-decreases-costs-particularly-in-covid-19-fallout) Posted by [John Pietro](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/john-pietro) on Aug 21, 2020 6:01:54 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/john_pietro-blog_social_featured_image.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/digital-communication-with-patients-improves-care-outcomes-and-decreases-costs-particularly-in-covid-19-fallout) With [losses of more than $202.6 billion during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2020/05/aha-covid19-financial-impact-0520-FINAL.pdf), U.S. healthcare is suffering and there’s no end in sight. 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