A wave of policy and regulatory changes is shaking up the healthcare industry—among many other markets. Like the COVID-19 pandemic greatly sped up the proliferation of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) by bringing traditional hospital operations to a standstill, ASCs are again on the poise of another boom. Medical innovation abounds as administrators look forward to more integration of high-acuity procedures such as total joint replacements and complex spine surgeries into the outpatient setting.
Once limited to hospital inpatient settings, total joint surgery is…
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