Becker's Healthcare April 5, 2023
Here are three leader’s recent thoughts on spine surgery’s migration to the outpatient setting:
Paul Perry, MD. Orthopedic surgeon at Tri-State Orthopaedic Surgeons (Evansville, Ind.): The migration of total joint arthroplasty and spine surgery to an outpatient/short-stay setting is well underway but in my opinion is still in the early innings. On the other end of this spectrum, some surgical cases are migrating to an in-office site of service, particularly in pain procedures, as well as hand and foot cases. ASCs must adapt to this transition in important ways which will require increasing investment in facility infrastructure and staff training. The same is true of in-office procedure capabilities. This is a top-of-mind issue as our practice looks to the future...
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