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How Digital Healthcare Technology Improves Health Literacy and Outcomes Through Patient Engagement

Posted by Debra Zalvan on May 11, 2021 5:43:09 AM

In just 68 seconds, our new video demonstrates how digital healthcare technology improves health literacy and healthcare outcomes by guiding a patient's daily actions through text messaging, email and app.

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Topics: Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Healthcare Technology, health literacy, ASC

Virtual Patient Engagement: Critical for ASCs Competing for TJRs

Posted by Debra Zalvan on Mar 10, 2021 10:34:11 AM

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?

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Topics: joint replacement, ASC

New CMS Rules Represent Tremendous Opportunity for ASCs

Posted by Debra Zalvan on Mar 9, 2021 6:04:35 PM

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:

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Topics: CMS, joint replacement, ASC